Social work news

• Research: Review of the evidence on numeracy skills interventions for adults

  07-03-2023 17:15 via gov.uk
  
  A review of the evidence base for interventions intended to improve numeracy skills among adults with below Level 2 qualifications in mathematics.
  
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• Guidance: Apply to join the early adopter programme

  07-03-2023 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Submit an expression of interest for the early adopter programme to help develop a new early career framework for social workers.
  
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• Readers’ Take: should DCSs come primarily from a social care background?

  07-03-2023 16:15
  
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  Councils have been urged to look beyond social work when bringing in new directors of children’s services (DCSs).
  A report by leadership development body the Staff College, examining reasons for the high turnover of DCSs, found that two-thirds (64%) had a background in social care and 55% had been a director specialising in social care and safeguarding prior to becoming DCS.
  It furthe
  
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• News story: Minister meets leading researchers in women’s health and calls for more women working in STEM

  07-03-2023 14:20 via gov.uk
  
  Today (Monday 6 March) the Women’s and Health Minister, Maria Caulfield met leading researchers and discussed their work to improve health outcomes for women and babies, and the importance of women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths).
  
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• Press release: Government to consider radical new approach to prevent life-threatening cardiovascular disease

  07-03-2023 12:41 via gov.uk
  
  Professor John Deanfield, CBE announced as the first ever Government Champion for Personalised Prevention
  
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• News story: Advisory Group Reform Proposals

  07-03-2023 12:20 via gov.uk
  
  Update to the Life Sciences Council Joint Statement on Medical Devices Regulatory Reform.
  
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• Independent report: Spring 2023 COVID-19 vaccination programme: JCVI advice, 22 February 2023

  07-03-2023 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Statement setting out the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the spring 2023 COVID-19 vaccination programme.
  
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• Guidance: FE funding: initial teacher education (ITE) bursaries 2023 to 2024

  07-03-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for FE ITE providers about bursary funding for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
  
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• Consultation outcome: NHS Pension Scheme: proposed amendments to scheme regulations

  07-03-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  We want your views on the proposed amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
  
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• Impact assessment: Lifelong loan entitlement: equality analysis

  07-03-2023 10:42 via gov.uk
  
  Analysis of the effect that implementing the lifelong loan entitlement will have on specific protected groups.
  
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• Consultation outcome: Lifelong loan entitlement

  07-03-2023 10:42 via gov.uk
  
  Seeking views on a lifelong loan entitlement for use on modular or full-time study at higher technical and degree levels, in higher and further education providers.
  
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• Guidance: Higher technical education skills injection fund

  07-03-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for providers on the higher technical education (HTE) skills injection fund and a list of the successful applicants for 2022 to 2023.
  
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• Senior practitioner loses bid to keep court judgment that he abused ex-partner from Social Work England

  07-03-2023 10:01
  
  A senior adults’ practitioner has lost his bid to stop Social Work England obtaining a family court judgment that found he abused his ex-partner.
  The High Court ruled last week that it was right for the regulator to see the family court judgment because the need for public safety outweighed the social worker’s right to respect for his privacy.
  The ruling, by Mrs Justice Knowles, comes on the back of longstanding private law proceedings between the social worker and his former pa
  
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• UK Social Work's Rosenstein Lecture to feature author Melissa ... - UKNow

  07-03-2023 10:00
  
  UK Social Work's Rosenstein Lecture to feature author Melissa ...  UKNow
  
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• UK Social Work’s Rosenstein Lecture to feature author Melissa Harris-Perry - University of Kentucky

  07-03-2023 09:00
  
  UK Social Work’s Rosenstein Lecture to feature author Melissa Harris-Perry  University of Kentucky
  
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• UK Social Work's Rosenstein Lecture to feature author Melissa Harris-Perry - UKNow

  07-03-2023 09:00
  
  UK Social Work's Rosenstein Lecture to feature author Melissa Harris-Perry  UKNow
  
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• Neurodivergence as a social worker: ‘it’s not just supported and accepted, it’s celebrated’

  07-03-2023 09:00
  
  Kayleigh has been at Cafcass as a family court adviser (FCA) since summer 2022.
  She was diagnosed with dyspraxia and social communication disorder when she was a child, and was further diagnosed as autistic when she started university.
  Like many neurodivergent people, Kayleigh went through a lot of her life trying to hide the fact she found certain tasks challenging. But what were those things and what did she need from her workplace?
  “It’s really difficult when you’re asked, &
  
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• Apply to join the social work early career framework - GOV.UK

  07-03-2023 09:00
  
  Apply to join the social work early career framework  GOV.UK
  
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• Press release: Student finance to be radically transformed from 2025

  07-03-2023 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  New, more flexible system introduced to empower adults to upskill or retrain throughout their working lives.
  
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