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Spotlight – The Care of Older People Practice Manual

A key text for challenging ageism and promoting dignified practice. Dr Sue Thompson presents invaluable guidance on how to take care of older people in positive empowering ways that avoid common ageist assumptions and practices. This is an essential guide…

Neil Thompson’s Lessons for Living – Be open to learning from mistakes

The idea of the value of learning from our mistakes is well established, but unfortunately many people don’t manage to get the benefit of this. That is because they adopt a defensive approach to mistakes; they see them as things…

How creativity has been key for social workers in safeguarding adults during Covid

Covid-19, and the response to the pandemic, has presented extraordinary challenges to the care sector. New research funded by the Health Foundation and led by researchers at Keele University, however, sheds light on how creativity has played the biggest role…

‘Revolutionary in a quiet way’: The rise of community gardens in the UK

The first melon of the season always tastes amazing,” says Lucy Mitchell. “I don’t think anyone has ever taken one home – every year, we just cut them into as many slices as there are people in the garden and…

Understanding inclusion in your organisation – CIPD Health Checker Tool

Select from the options … to reveal the information most relevant to your situation. You’ll then receive tailored recommendations outlining the actions you can take to improve inclusion in your organisation. Click here to read more

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