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1 year ago
Key moments of visibility in LGBTQ+ History in the UK
The theme for this year's LGBTQ month is 'Behind the Lens' celebrating those who have contributed to sharing our culture through cinema To start a conversation from this idea we wanted to look back on history to highlight a few key moments of LGBTQ visibility in the UK since the first Pride march took place in the UK on st July...
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1 year ago
Social Work England finds broad support for proposed expectations of new graduates
Social Work England has found broad support from the profession for its proposed expectations of students' knowledge and skills on graduation Following a consultation the regulator will now move ahead with plans to assess social work course providers against a...
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1 year ago
The different roles of productive aging activities in the life satisfaction of older adults in urban and rural China
International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This study used nationally representative data from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey to investigate correlations between older people's productive aging activities and their life satisfaction The results show that volunteering and grandparenting are positively associated with life satisfaction in older adults although more so in the rural sample Furthermore working is positively associated with life satisfaction in urban older adults while an opposite relationship was...
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1 year ago
The family safeguarding pioneers, eight years on
The family safeguarding model pioneered by Hertfordshire County Council from is one of the big success stories of social work in England in recent years The model involves teams of children's social workers and specialist adults' practitioners working in...
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1 year ago
Unions seek 12.7% pay rise for council social workers
Unions are seeking a pay rise for council social workers and other local authority staff in England Wales and Northern Ireland for - UNISON GMB and Unite today demanded a rise two percentage points above the retail prices index...
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1 year ago
Children are in ‘extreme crisis’: top judge berates DfE’s six-year failure to tackle ‘gross’ lack of secure units
A leading judge has excoriated the government and Parliament for a six-year failure to address judicial warnings about a chronic shortage of secure care for children in extreme crisis However Sir Andrew McFarlane has detected signs of hope in an...
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1 year ago
40% of people delayed in hospital awaiting social care package
Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package according to NHS data The figure revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures came as council leaders criticised ministers for a...
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1 year ago
Explainer: What pay rises have social workers received in 2022-23?
Against the backdrop of the cost of living crisis social workers in England and Wales working for Cafcass local authorities and the NHS have received varying pay rises in - To illustrate who has got what we have broken down...
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
Placements ‘do not exist’ for asylum-seeking children in hotels – ADCS
Care placements just do not exist to take in asylum-seeking children currently placed in hotels children's services directors have warned The Association of Directors of Children's Services ADCS issued the message after the government disclosed that unaccompanied children remained...