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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. ” For the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, president Beverley Tarka said: “Families up and down the country are facing constant struggles to get the support they need to care for loved ones.

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It’s Time for a Change in How We Design, Develop, Test and Disseminate Empirically Supported Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

The new, much heralded model of primary care, called the “patient centered medical home” anticipates that all primary care teams will include a behavioral health clinician, among other ancillary health care professionals. There are two cardinal features shared by most of these community contexts, including primary health care.