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We are in that weird twilight zone at work where the Ofsted inspection is just overdue and we are anticipating a visit any day. Right now, we just want the…

Recently I attended a safeguarding seminar in London primarily because it promised information about recruiting staff and volunteers and how to use value-based interviewing. Whilst this was really interesting and…

I’m not answering the door this evening, partly because I am busy writing this blog, and partly because the neighbourhood is full of wailing children in face paints and expensive…

Anyone who has responsibility for a 24 hour care provision will have come across the challenges of using temporary staff. Although best practice is to recruit and retain a crack…

I heard on the radio this morning that the CQC’s new Chief is considering whether secret CCTV filming of care settings would increase early detection of poor practice. This followed…

I’m annoyed. These days it takes a lot for a news story to make me cross, but the revelation today that over 75% of care visits carried out by some…

This week’s Conservative Party Conference focused some attention on ways to reduce the number of young people under 25 who were seen to be opting for a life on benefits.…

A colleague was proudly boasting that her service had a really low level of accidents and incidents since she dispatched a member of staff who had been involved in a…