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• Clare in the community: election-losing blues

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
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• All parties claim social care as a priority, but only one gives hope | David Brindle

  10-12-2019 14:00
  
  The main parties all promise more money, but not enough. Yet Plaid Cymru pledges to make people’s worth livingAlthough all the main parties say social care is a priority, their policies have failed to excite sector leadersand commentators. Even Labour, which has by far the most ambitious and costly programme, has not won the acclaim it must have been hoping for.Most attention has focused on the Conservatives, desperate to avoid a repeat of the fiasco over their social care policy – u
  
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• Reconciliation after genocide: the impact of social work in Rwanda

  10-12-2019 12:06
  
  The profession has played a key role in helping communities overcome divides and become self-reliantIn the lush hills and valleys of Rwanda, change is blossoming as villagers meet to plan their futures and to build better housing and schools. During a visit coordinated by the National Organisation of Social Workers (NOSW), I saw the powerful contribution of social work to restoring a nation torn apart by genocide, working towards a reconciliatory and vibrant future.The social work profession in
  
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