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6 Jun Implementing the Social Services Bill - organisation, support and accountability Scheduled to be held as the Social Services (Wales) Bill is debated in the National Assembly, this timely seminar will be an opportunity to discuss the key reforms proposed in the Bill. more…
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17 Jun Social Care Week Social Care Week is an opportunity to focus on the workers who provide vital social care services that support more than 150,000 people every day here in Wales. Around 88,000 social workers and social care workers provide these services, but this work often goes unnoticed. more…
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21 Jun Social Care Accolades Preparations are well underway for this year's Social Care Accolades which will be awarded in a special ceremony on 21 June in Cardiff City Hall. more…
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27 Jun Social Services and Well-being: Creating tomorrow's care today The ADSS Cymru Annual conference is the premier showcase for those involved in the delivery of social services to children, families and adults. It is the main networking event in the Social Services calendar in Wales. more…
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12 Jun Cymru Safeguarding Conference Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister, will be addressing this event, where key speakers and workshops will be focussing on the safeguarding of both Children and Adults in Wales. more…
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17 Jul Next steps for integrating health and social care services in Wales This seminar focuses on next steps for integrating primary and secondary care services in Wales. more…
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16 May £1.8m to be invested in developing excellent social work practice in Wales The Care Council is to spend £1.8m over the next six years on raising the standard of social work practice in Wales to a new level of excellence. more…
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8 May New Practice Guidance for the first year as an Early Years Manager The Care Council has launched First Year as a Manager: Practice Guidance which aims to help develop and enhance the knowledge and skills of newly appointed early years managers. more…
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2 May Guide leads way to career worth caring about A new publication from the Care Council for Wales aims to lead the way to careers in social care, social work or early years and childcare. more…
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2 May Social Care Accolades 2013 Finalists Revealed! The finalists of the 2013 Social Care Accolades have been announced. The winners of the Accolades, which are led by the Care Council for Wales, will be announced on June 21, 2013. more…
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17 Apr New booklet explains continuing professional development framework for social workers A new booklet has been published by the Care Council to explain the Continuing Professional Education and Learning (CPEL) framework for social workers. more…
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16 Apr Adult Care Home Worker Struck off Register An adult care home worker from Anglesey who was convicted of fraud has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers. more…
Residential Child Care Manager
New online services for registrants
The Care Council has launched new online services for those currently registered, those applying for registration and social care employers. The services are available by choosing the MyCareCouncil option on this website. In trials, users have said the new system is ‘extremely useful and very accessible’, ‘easy-to-use and very secure’.
Read more about the new online services
Journey of professionalisation
The Welsh Government’s policy paper, Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action, published last year, stated: “We see the quality of professionals and their professionalism as central to responsive and sustainable social services.... We have begun the journey of professionalisation for children’s residential care managers.. we wish to extend and deepen this approach.”
Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action
The Care Council has already begun to work on this approach, bringing forward a programme for professional development for residential child care managers, and involving those managers in its development. This work programme began with the Manager Forums held last autumn. Further meetings of the Forums are now being planned where there will be an opportunity to learn about developments and share your views and experiences, both with your co-professionals and with the Care Council. Look out for your invitation by e-mail or by post. These forums have proved popular, so we hope many will take advantage of the opportunity for a further conversation.
National Conference, Residential Child Care - A Positive Option, April 2012
In April, the Care Council for Wales and Care Forum Wales arranged the first national conference on residential childcare since the Waterhouse inquiry of the late 1990s and last year’s publication of Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action’.
Newsletter, Residential Child Care - A Positive Option, April 2012
Supervising and Appraising Well
The Supervising and Appraising Well booklet has been produced to provide practical guidance, clarity, ideas and examples for everyone responsible for carrying out supervision and appraisal with social care workers.