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• Care for our children is in crisis. We must give their families more help | Louise Tickle

  14-06-2018 18:33
  The state spends a spiralling amount on vulnerable children fails to protect them. We need to focus on supporting parentsJudges are only meant to speak in court, and they may not pronounce on government policy. So it’s a rare day when a judge turns whistleblower. It’s practically unknown for two senior judges to state publicly, in terms, that there’s a crisis in our care system which is damaging children and families across the land. But Andrew McFarlane, the incoming president
  
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• Independent care sector can find reasons for optimism in gloomy ADASS Budget Survey

  14-06-2018 11:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the face of it, the publication of the annual ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) Budget Survey reflects something of a bleak outlook for the social care sector, ahead of the publication of the much awaited green paper. The survey was completed by 100% of councils and can therefore be expected to provide a fair reflection of the state of the nation.The survey reports that 78% of the directors who responded are concerned about their ability to meet the statutory duty to e
  
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• Ellesmere Port event aims to improve services for people with learning difficulties

  14-06-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Improving the lives of people with learning difficulties was top of the agenda at an event organised by Ellesmere Port social care provider 1st Enable. 
  Service users and carers joined commissioners from the NHS and local councils to discuss ways to improve services at the event at Inglewood Manor in Ledsham, Cheshire.
   
  1st Enable, which is part of the Fairhome Care partnership of social care companies, was formed in 2012 and provides a range of care and support services to people in
  
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• Together review – emotive drama about social care for the elderly

  14-06-2018 10:00
  Peter Bowles and Sylvia Syms play an elderly couple who are forcibly separated by officious social workers, after 60 years of marriageOne could argue that with this fictional account (based, per the opening titles, “on too many true stories”) of an elderly couple who are forcibly separated from each other by meddling do-gooders is an example of that very thinly populated genre, the sentimental black comedy. Populated by broadly drawn characters whose personalities are subservient to
  
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• Alpacas Gloria and Gaynor visit North Yorkshire care home

  14-06-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care assistant Rebecca James and resident Margaret Bland meet Gaynor the alpaca during a recent visit to Hazelgrove Court Care Home, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea.printpp
  ALPACAS Gloria and Gaynor temporarily moved into a care home in North Yorkshire.
   
  The metre-tall, 70kg animals were visiting residents at Hazelgrove Court Care Home, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
   
  They immediately made themselves at home, settling in the lounge and sitting down – a sign they feel safe and unthreatened, acc
  
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• Carers save Britain billions every year. They need more support | Frances Ryan

  14-06-2018 09:00
  There are 6.5 million carers in the UK working for free. It’s time to pay them what they’re worthIt’s National Carers Week, and I’m awaiting the government’s social media accounts sending their warmest congrats. You know the sort; tweets from a minister celebrating the “vital and selfless work carers do every day”. Words, of course, are cheaper than actions.This month, the Conservatives released a cross-government “action plan” setting out wh
  
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• Carers don't need to be paid compliments – they just need to be paid | Frances Ryan

  14-06-2018 09:00
  In the UK 6.5 million carers receive nothing for their work. They are not human sticking plasters for gaping budgetsIt’s National Carers Week, and I’m awaiting the government’s social media accounts sending their warmest congrats. You know the sort; tweets from a minister celebrating the “vital and selfless work carers do every day”. Words, of course, are cheaper than actions.This month, the Conservatives released a cross-government “action plan” setting
  
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• Promotion for Hull caring deputy care home manager

  14-06-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Adam Ross
  A Hull-based care organisation has promoted one of its staff members, after working for the organisation for seven years. 
  Adam Ross has been appointed as manager for Isaac Robinson Court, which provides care for people with learning disabilities, has appointed Adam Ross as manager.
   
  Adam joined the not for profit Hica Group in 2011 as a carer and has since worked his way up to a management role. Before being appointed as manager for Isaac Robinson Court, Adam was the deputy
  
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