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Northern Healthcare exceed the Real Living Wage for frontline employees
Northern Healthcare secures backing to increase pay above the Real Living Wage for over two hundred adult health and social care employees Northern Healthcare, are an enhanced supported living provider with fifteen recovery services across England and over two hundred…
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World Social Work Day 2022 – Co-building a New Eco-Social World
World Social Work Day is held on the third Tuesday of March each year, and this year it fell on 15th March 2022, which coincided with Social Work England’s Social Work Week (14th – 18th March 2022). The day was…
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Women Pioneers in Mental Health | International Women’s Day 2022
International Women’s Day 2022 falls on Tuesday 8th March, and this year’s theme is #BreakTheBias. The idea behind the theme is to raise awareness against gender bias, and celebrate women’s achievements. We’re doing our bit by taking a look at…
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How to Become a Social Worker
There are many roles within the Health and Social Care sector, such as Support Workers, Service Managers, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Counsellors and Social Workers, to name a few. This article focuses on how to become a Social Worker and the…
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Mental Health Inequality
Poor mental health can affect anyone at any time in their lives, however unfortunately there are some people for who the likelihood of experiencing a mental health problem is higher than average. This results in health inequality not just across…
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The role of Occupational Therapy data in mental health support and treatment
Historically, the development of occupational therapy arose from the treatment of mental health diagnoses. In 1928, Dr William Rush Dunton Jr., founder of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (now known as the American Occupational Therapy Association),…
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Learning Disabilities and Feeling Lonely
For many people, lockdown has exacerbated feelings of loneliness. For adults with learning disabilities, feeling lonely can be a long-term challenge, and one that they may have been experiencing prior to lockdown. Whilst everyone can experience feeling lonely at some point…
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Time to Talk Day 2022 | Start a Conversation
February 3rd 2022 is Time to Talk Day, previously led by Time to Change, this year the campaign is being guided by charity partners Mind and Rethink Mental Illness , in partnership with Co-op. Time to Talk Day encourages us…
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Kirk House | 24/7 Carlisle Supported Living Service
We’re delighted to open our latest 24/7 supported living service in Cumbria, Kirk House. Our Carlisle supported living service opened in January 2022 and will support people living with a mental health diagnosis, autism and/or learning disabilities. The service is…
