Tag Archives | learning disabilities

Dictionary, definition of the word abuse.

Adults, Workforce

Four care staff convicted of mistreating people with learning disabilities at hospital

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

What disabled children’s abuse inquiry means for social workers and councils

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Safeguarding overhaul needed to better protect disabled children in care, says abuse inquiry

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Adults

Social workers’ role in promoting the human right to vote

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Adults, Children

Mental health patient safety review launched in wake of abuse reports

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

The draft Mental Health Bill: parliamentary proposals for change

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Social Worker of the Year Awards

Adults, Children, Workforce

Social Worker of the Year Awards winners announced

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

People with learning disabilities ‘not always protected from abuse’, amid ‘blame culture’ in NHS service – CQC

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Adults, Social work leaders

Community learning disability and autism placements increasingly costlier than inpatient care – report

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Adults, Children

‘What being a parent of a child with Down syndrome taught me that social work could not’

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Adults, Social work leaders

Safeguarding teams took no action on ‘serious’ concerns regarding people segregated in hospitals

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Identifying and assessing dementia in adults with learning disabilities

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Inform Adults

Forced marriage of adults with learning disabilities

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Adults

Parents with learning disabilities: giving evidence in care proceedings

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Adults, Workforce

Failings uncovered in another service run by NHS trust slammed for preventable death of learning disabled man

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Adults

Death of 18-year-old in failing NHS learning disability unit was preventable, finds inquiry

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