With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games only a few months away, local authorities are under increasing pressure to encourage the nation to get active and provide new and improved leisure facilities to ensure a lasting Olympic legacy. This article looks at the way partnerships can help.
Social workers can become more productive by using mobile technology. Caroline Cozier of OLM Systems, explains how the development of a Caremobile App Store has brought benefits to social workers and their departments.
One of key recommendations of the Munro Review of Child Protection: A Child centred system, published earlier this year was for local services to be freed from government targets, national IT systems and regulations, and allowed to design their own services and procedures. However, in a time of severe budgetary cuts and constraints this recommendation has unnerved some social care organisations, being construed as an expensive route to improving efficiencies. Undoubtedly, organisations will want to continue to see service improvements, and more tangible benefits in the form of cash savings and intangible benefits including improved employee performance, but they will need to fund these from a new slim line budget.
As cross-party talks on social care reform bring the future funding of elderly care into the spotlight, Ian Stone, sales, marketing and development Director at apetito examines the vital role Community Meals play in keeping the elderly in their homes for longer, easing the burden on Britain’s overstretched care system.
Anti-social behaviour and petty crime bring misery to many areas across the country. Many approaches are being used to tackle the problem, some more expensive than others. This feature describes how a crime reduction charity working in partnership with Community Housing succeeded in bringing change through a sports project.
Loss of sensitive data is a threat to any organisation. High profile data losses constantly provide news headlines, whether the loss was accidental or the result of deliberate theft. Outsourcing records management is one route to data protection and this feature describes how the City of London Police chose outsourcing as the best route to follow.
Keeping abreast of the latest technological advancements in the field of education is a time-consuming task. Attending BETT 2012 is the single most effective way to research, source and experience firsthand the products and services available, as well as learn from the educations industry’s most illustrious authorities.
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Technology brings major increases in efficiency, but without the collaboration and cooperation of people results will be limited. The author explains the people dimension of implementing technology and what can be done to get better results.
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The ever increasing flow of passengers through airports has caused a re-think about how the UK border is best protected. Banking and other financial services have long used risk profiling processes to distinguish the reliable from the unreliable customer. Joanne Taylor explains how risk profiling, used so successfully in the private sector and by administrations overseas, could be the way forward for UK border protection.
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The relationship between the UK’s construction industry and local government needs to be developed further in order to stimulate economic growth and to ensure the right skills and training are in place for the future, writes Jamie White, Head of Commercial Strategy at the National Skills Academy for Construction.
Read more on HARNESSING THE POWER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT TO MEET FUTURE SKILLS NEEDS…
The Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review has put pressure on local authorities to reduce subsidies for leisure whilst also maintaining high quality services and maximising income opportunities. But is capital available to transform leisure provision and if so, can it be done without adding costs to the service? Sarah Watts explains.
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