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How unions can flourish again: break out of the workplace and think local | Aidan Harper

01-02-2020 09:00

Connecting trade unions to community causes can be highly effective – just look at the success of Chicago’s teachersLast week, a Freedom of Information request revealed an historic no-strike deal between the trade union GMB and outsourcing conglomerate G4S. This isn’t surprising, given the decline in union membership and power over the past 40 years due to deindustrialisation and legislative attacks. Today, many unions are on the defensive, narrowly focusing on agreeing union r

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Host a graduate and bring fresh thinking and new ideas into your organisation

01-02-2020 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com

Skills for Care is looking for innovative social care organisations to host ambitious graduates on a one-year programme designed to develop future leaders in health and social care. Run in partnership between Skills for Care, the NHS Leadership Academy, and supported by the Department of Health and Social Care, the challenging programme offers employers access […]

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Could you host a graduate in your care organisation?

01-02-2020 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com

It’s run in partnership between Skills for Care, the NHS Leadership Academy, and supported by the Department of Health and Social Care. It includes a secondment with our NHS partners, providing graduates with an important opportunity to consider the interface between health and social care. To ensure we get the best graduates with the right […]

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A letter to... the pupil I wanted to foster

01-02-2020 07:45

‘You were moved to a home for difficult girls. I still wonder if I should have suggested you live with us’: the letter you always wanted to writeI taught you for almost two years and attended at least 15 meetings about you, as your pastoral head of house at a London secondary school. What you don’t know is that I often thought about the idea of fostering you.How shocked would my boyfriend have been if I had brought you home – a “problem child” of almost 13? A

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