CSSIW has issued an overview of adult protection in social care in Wales, which alongside a separate report on the NHS has found that local authorities are making good progress on adult protection but need to do more to provide… read more »
A strategic and independent review of the UK response to swine flu was announced today by the Government. Dame Deirdre Hine, a former Welsh Chief Medical Officer, will chair the independent review to examine the pandemic response across all four… read more »
Skills for Care and Development has been relicensed as the Sector Skills Council covering social care, children, early years and young people’s workforces in the UK. The decision was announced Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson. The relicensing process included a performance… read more »
You are perhaps aware that you can get up to £3,080 towards wages and training if you take on a person who has been made redundant in the last six months. Some employers are however missing out on this offer… read more »
NEW funding worth £3.4m was announced at the end of last week (March 26) to help champion Wales’ oldest citizens.The Welsh Assembly Government announced that a total of £1.8m will go towards the running of the Commissioner for Older People’s… read more »
The Care Council for Wales is beginning a new initiative to encourage more under-25s to take up jobs in social care with a series of events across colleges and schools and new films to be used on websites, including social networking sites, and… read more »
The national minimum wage is set to increase by 13p an hour to £5.93/hour, up from £5.80 per hour, the Government has announced (March 25, 2010). Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=501794&in_page_id=2#ixzz0jkfgGqaw The new adult rate for workers aged 21 and over will… read more »
Dear colleague, The communications team at the Vetting and Barring Scheme is pleased to announce that full guidance about the Scheme is available for free download now. This document contains details on: The scope of the Scheme; Barring arrangements; Responsibilities… read more »
The Law Commission is undertaking a consultation on Major changes in Social Care Law which is complex because of the large number of statutes which currently exist. The consultation runs until the 1st July 2010. The full consultation paper can be… read more »
AFTER 10 years of devolution, a report has revealed that the Welsh Assembly Government cannot follow a radically different policy on care for the elderly to that of the UK Government. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, Devolution’s Impact on Low-Income… read more »