A national charity working with older people and their carers has joined forces with the professional association for those working in homecare to call for a major shift to bring care practice into line with Government policy that suggests that more older people should be cared for in their own homes.

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The first national mentoring scheme designed to increase the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic women becoming local councillors has been launched. To reflect society fully there would need to be almost a thousand women councillors from minority backgrounds.

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By Jude Wells

Team building, when people work at different locations and the job they do is changing, is a major challenge. The key factor in team building is communication, ensuring that messages move in all directions. The author outlines the challenge faced by an Adult Social Care Service and how the issue of communication was successfully addressed.

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