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Better Breaks - on-line journal for the short breaks workforce (added 7.2.12)Better Breaks is a sector-led journal to explore current themes, answer questions and inspire readers to engage, innovate and develop their practice. Contributions to the journal are invited from across the sector and will include parent carers, local authorities include short break practitioners and carers, researchers, young people, local authorities and health practitioners. Better Breaks is published quarterly as a digital journal. www.shortbreaksnetwork.org.uk
www.professionalcarers.co.uk - Professional Carers Association website providing help, support and protection for carer workers and promotion professionalism in the care industry.
Common Core Principles and Competences for End of Life Care (added 27.1.12)
Caring for and supporting people approaching the end of their life is amongst the most challenging work any Health and Social Care worker faces. It can also be amongst the most rewarding - if they have the right knowledge, skills and attitude to provide the care and support they need. Skills for Care has worked in partnership with the National End of Life Care Programme, the Department of Health and Skills for Health to develop Common Core Principles and Competences for End of Life Care. The competences provide a basis for all health and social care workers to develop their skills - whatever their level of expertise and involvement in end of life care. Read more at: www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Improving access to social care for adults with autism (added 5.12.11)
This guide looks at how social care services can improve access to adults with autism. It is based on research that explores the barriers to services experienced by people with autism. It covers people with autism, whether or not they also have a learning disability. The guide suggests ways services can improve, identifying how best to meet the goals of the government's autism strategy. Download the guide from: www.scie.org.uk