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• Internet firms are failing to tackle child abuse images, police chief says

  21-06-2018 17:25
  National Crime Agency also reveals rise in sexual attacks on and interest in childrenInternet companies have the technology to stop most of the digital child abuse images circulating among paedophiles but are failing to do so, a senior police official has said. The National Crime Agency said on Thursday that internet service providers must do more, as it disclosed significant increases in sexual attacks on and interest in children.Related: Child abuse images increasingly hidden on adult pornogra
  
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• Social care faces a 'dangerous shortfall' of staff, government warned

  21-06-2018 13:07
  More than 75% of people say they would not like to begin a career in social care, survey findsMinisters have been warned of a “dangerous shortfall” of care workers, as a new survey reveals barely one in five people would consider a career in the sector.Related: Government must act to halt crisis in social care recruitmentRelated: Help us to build the compassionate, dedicated care workforce of the future | Caroline DinenageRelated: Sign up for the Society Weekly email newsletterContin
  
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• Some care home residents knit for mums & babes whilst others lap up the sunshine!

  21-06-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Margaret, June and Nicky
  Residents of Rogers House Residential Care Home in Wigmore have been spending the rainy afternoons knitting mother and baby bonding squares for the baby unit at St Thomas’s Hospital.
   
  Knitted in pairs, bonding squares are becoming increasingly popular within neonatal units in hospitals to help mothers bond with their premature babies. One square is placed with a premature baby and another is worn against the mum’s skin, then the squares are swapped roun
  
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• Aberdeenshire care home undergoes relaunch

  21-06-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A local Aberdeenshire care home has relaunched to reflect its transformation under a brand new care team.
  Located in Cruden Bay, the former Sunnybank Care Home has been renamed as Bayview Care Home as part of an ongoing initiative to ensure the delivery of exceptional standards of care.
  A new senior management team is led by care home manager Arlene Campbell and significant improvements have already been made in the home. Arlene has worked with the company for some time and brings over 20 years
  
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• Care home worker honoured at Pride of Rugby Awards

  21-06-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Left to right is Nikki Pepper, Dawn Hulley, Jenny Redfren and Jackie Huckvale
  A Rugby care home worker has been honoured with an award recognising the difference she has made to residents’ lives.
   
  Dawn Hulley, activities coordinator at Willow Tree Nursing Home, was recognised at the Pride of Rugby Awards, which celebrate the achievements of businesses and the community.
  Dawn, who has worked at Willow Tree for four years, won the Customer Care Award for her tireless work raising spons
  
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• More money will not fix our broken welfare state. We need to reinvent it | Hilary Cottam

  21-06-2018 07:00
  Strong relationships are the key to creating new services that can support us and unlock our potentialOur once brilliant welfare state is out of kilter with modern troubles, modern lives and much of modern public opinion. A set of institutions and services designed for a different era now looks threadbare and beyond repair. They can sometimes help us in an emergency, but in many cases, from our health, to work, to care in our old age, they cannot support us to flourish. In recent years, our publ
  
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