Archives for June 2014

WHY MOBILE WORKING IS THE FUTURE OF FRONTLINE SOCIAL CARE

Features, PublicNet: 9 June, 2014

Mobile technology will soon become the default method of working in social care, believes Bill Kinnear, Service Manager, Criminal Justice Social Work Service at Fife Council.

People dislike change. They like the status quo to be maintained, as that means they know where they stand. And if something is working well, what’s the point in ripping up the rule book and starting again?

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MPs WARN OF RISKS IN PROBATION SERVICE PRIVATISATION

Headlines, PublicNet: 3 June, 2014

From 1 June, 21 community rehabilitation companies have started to operate contracts let by the Ministry of Justice. The Public Accounts Committee has warned of the many risks of this privatization, particularly because the new arrangements have not been fully piloted.

The Committee has warned that the Ministry is implementing wholesale changes to how rehabilitation services for offenders are delivered in England and Wales on a highly ambitious timescale. The changes include introducing new private and voluntary providers, bringing in a payment by results system, creating a new National Probation Service and extending the service to short-term prisoners in a very short time period.

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FUTURE WORK: CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE FOR THE NEW WORLD OF WORK

Book News, PublicNet: 2 June, 2014

In Future Work: Changing Organizational Culture for the New World of Work, Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson claim that we are in the early stages of a transformation of work and there is “no turning back”.

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