Community Care

OCTOBER 19, 2023

UNISON has announced a fresh round of strikes after its members overwhelmingly rejected an improved pay offer for local government staff in Scotland. The “rolling programme” of walkouts will take place in schools and early years providers linked to schools across the country with dates to be announced shortly, the union said this week. Nine in ten members who voted rejected the offer from employers’ body COSLA, on a 57% turnout, after UNISON members had taken strike action in s

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The annual Social Service Workforce Week, spearheaded by our esteemed partner, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, carries profound importance for social workers across the globe.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Budgets ‘under pressure like never before’ due to inflation and rising demand for social care, with deep cuts to services likely Many more councils in England are at risk of bankruptcy, town hall leaders have warned, as unprecedented financial pressures force local authorities to prepare drastic cuts to services to cope with a collective £4bn deficit.

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The Social Care Elf

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is the second of three-blog posts to celebrate World Menopause Day 2023, Daisy Long looks at the social constructions of menopause based on a paper recently published in the Journal of Aging. The post Social Constructions of Menopause: A blog to Celebrate World Menopause Day 2023 appeared first on National Elf Service.

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CAPC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Consortium to focus on palliative care research across the lifespan, supporting research and the scientific workforce.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Bob Fisher has been chosen as the recipient of the Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA) 2023 Career Achievement Award. This award honors the contributions of a person in macro social work who has made a significant impact on the conceptual definition and framing of community practice, the empirical knowledge base of the discipline, the promotion of community practice pedagogy and curricula, and the development of practice methods, especially in partnership with margin

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