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7 hours ago
A striking image of social work & young peoples' views of care user-pic By Andy McNicoll on May 18, 2012 12:47 PM | No Comments SW_CCLIVE.jpg What do looked after young people, and the social workers that support them, feel about the care process and mental health services? A striking set of images
Communitycare.co.uk via Zibb.com News 8 hours ago
Cameron defends parenting classesSign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories• Parenting lessons: this is not the nanny state, says David Cameron
• Child support charges could increase poverty, warn MPs
• Remploy bidders offered wage subsidy
• Pa[...]
• Child support charges could increase poverty, warn MPs
• Remploy bidders offered wage subsidy
• Pa[...]
11 hours ago
A demi-monde that's all but vanishedThere were three of us: me, Lorenzo Marioni, and a leather-jacketed vicar whose name now escapes me. We were sitting around one of the Formica tables in the New Piccadilly, the last surviving Italian caff on Denman Street – a place run by Lorenzo's family since [...]
19 hours ago
Lifestyles of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people exposes them to horrific punishment, study findsThe lifestyles of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Iran are comprehensively and systematically denied by the Islamic regime, which exposes them to horrific punishment, bullying[...]
21 hours ago
How did you rate our 1st social work practice dilemma debate? user-pic...night saw the launch of our live social work practice dilemmas online debate...Categories: Mental Health, Social work, social care Tags: mental...
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A teenager diagnosed herself with cancer after watching her illness depicted in the Cameron Diaz weepie My Sister's KeeperNo one ever claimed going to the cinema was good for you, but a teenage girl has discovered that paying attention while watching a DVD can save your life, after she diagnosed her[...]
1 day ago
Ruth Margrove lists her top five tips for staying sane during examsFor most, May means blossoming trees and the first snatches of summer. For students it means long hours, piles of pressure and an impending sense of doom.I'm no stranger to pre-exam butterflies – or the occasional late-night panic.[...]
1 day ago
Understanding how paedophiles operate is key to helping the children whose lives they damageExposing child sexual exploitation is like lifting up a stone and seeking what lurks beneath. It isn't in the best interest of rightwing political parties to differentiate between race and paedophilia in a ca[...]
2 days ago
Allegations that corrections officers are using youth offenders to control others may not be the most daunting of Rikers' problemsLast week, the Village Voice newspaper ran a cover story about an upsurge in violence at New York City's jail complex known as Rikers Island, complete with graphic photos[...]
2 days ago
Judge questions systems at Ashness House home after jailing resident Serif Aslan for murder of 15-year-old Kasey GordonA private care home has been criticised by a judge as he sentenced a mentally ill resident to life for killing a schoolboy.Serif Aslan had not been taking his anti-psychotic medicat[...]
2 days ago
Mothers to receive one-to-one care during labour and birth as part of government plans to tackle postnatal depressionMothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and birth as part of government plans to combat postnatal depression.Women who have a miscarriage or stillbirt[...]
Sorry Nick Clegg – social mobility and austerity just don't mix | Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson
2 days ago
To claim social mobility as your guiding principle yet ignore income inequality is not serious policy-makingWhen Nick Clegg announced a drive for social mobility at the weekend, based on the pupil premium for children on free school meals, he was articulating a goal supported across the political sp[...]
2 days ago
Three in four nurses have seen cuts to services in their area in the past year, survey revealsNurses who work with people with learning disabilities have "real concerns" about the safety of their clients because of cuts in services, according to a study published on Wednesday.A survey of 500 nurses [...]
2 days ago
Inspirational ways to deliver excellent public services are needed more than ever, and we intend to recognise the very bestInnovation, and learning from others' innovations, have never been at a higher premium in Britain's public services. Many services will simply not survive the forecast five[...]
2 days ago
A common bacteria triggered a horrifying illness in a young woman whose survival is being called a 'miracle'A week after doctors had given Aimee Copeland little chance of survival, the young Georgia woman suffering from a flesh-eating disease is now alert enough to request reading materials.Copeland[...]
3 days ago
Are lads' mags, tabloids or the porn industry doing a better job of informing us which women we're allowed to call 'sexy', and what our sexual preferences should be?It's almost impossible to know which women are sexy. Until now I've had to discreetly compare lovers to the life-sized cardboard cut-ou[...]
3 days ago
News, comment, blogposts and tweets across the sector5.14pm: Lizzi Easterbrook writesThat's all from the blog today. We're just preparing our newsletter for tomorrow morning so if you want to receive it, just sign up for free here. As always, we hope you have found it useful and if there is anythin[...]
3 days ago
The downside to having a good memoryA genetic variant associated with an enhanced capacity for emotional memories is also linked to increased susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to new research published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The [...]
3 days ago
Fears draft legislation will see many children removed from the special education register altogetherParents in England are to be given control over their children's special educational needs (SEN) budgets, allowing them to choose expert support rather than local authorities being the sole provider.[...]
3 days ago
Felicia Boots, believed to be suffering from postnatal depression, accused of murdering infant son and daughterA mother accused of killing her two babies was too ill to appear at the Old Bailey.Felicia Boots, 34, is believed to be suffering from postnatal depression.Boots was due to appear by videol[...]
3 days ago
Confronting the problem of domestic abuse can help authorities address other social issues, says Nickie AikenAt a time when austerity measures are cutting deep into budgets for domestic abuse support in many parts of the country, Westminster city council has decided to buck this national trend.Far f[...]
3 days ago
Reform of SEN gives parents freedom to choose and forces joined-up planning by education, health and social care servicesParents in England are to be given control over their children's special educational needs (SEN) budgets, allowing them to choose expert support rather than local authorities bein[...]
3 days ago
Violence that has claimed 50,000 lives is horrific but not mindless: it is inter-cartel turf wars played out in body countThis weekend's discovery in Mexico of 49 headless, handless and footless bodies dumped alongside a road just outside the northern industrial hub of Monterrey was the worst event [...]
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1 week ago
Social Work: Credentials, Climate and Value Tuesday, May 15, 2012 1:30 – 2:30 PM Eastern This webinar will provide a brief background of the hospice and palliative care macro-level climate in which social workers operate. Learn the significance of credentialing and its relevant terminology for[...]
