The home support given to people with dementia and their carers is an "absolute travesty", a charity says. The Alzheimer’s Society study – based on feedback from carers, health workers and patients – said the problem was causing unnecessary admissions… read more »
The Social Work Reform Board (SWRB) today set out to social workers what working conditions they should expect from their employers, as they published proposals to put social workers on a greater professional footing and reform their education. The… read more »
HSE is providing an opportunity to take part in a fully funded "joint" workshop for health and safety representatives and their managers. These worker involvement workshops focus on developing a more collaborative approach to the management of key health and… read more »
Following a very successful staff disability training day with Disability Wales, Mencap Cymru, Mind Cymru, RNIB Cymru and RNID Cymru, click here to download the top ten tips from each of these organisations. These tips have been developed with these organisations… read more »
Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas has encouraged older people to have their say on local services. – Monday 02 August 2010 All local authorities in Wales have a Strategy for Older People Co-ordinator to work with older people… read more »
Dementia services in Wales are to receive an extra £1.5 million a year to extend and develop provision, Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced today, Monday 12 July 2010 This will fund an additional dedicated dementia clinical post in every… read more »
A pioneer of social care from North Wales has been honoured by the Queen. Mario Kreft, the chief executive of the award-winning Pendine Park care organisation and the honorary chief executive of Care Forum Wales, has been awarded an MBE… read more »
This guidance encourages local authorities and their partners to concentrate their efforts on ensuring that commissioning by local authorities really does help to achieve the aspirations of Fulfilled lives, Supportive Communities for all the people of Wales. In recent years… read more »
New Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) qualifications are in the final stages of their development. Replacement qualifications for NVQs in Children’s Care Learning and Development, Health and Social Care and Leadership and Management for Care Services will be ready and… read more »
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 »