SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORS CALL FOR MORE ACTION ON ELDER ABUSE

Social Services leaders are calling on families and the wider community to play their part in tackling the growing problem of abuse of older people. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services says its members are doing everything in their power to stamp out the problem, but budget constraints are limiting contact with potential victims.

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COMMISSION SEES NEW ROLE FOR COUNCILS IN BUILDING COHESION

Local authorities would have a specific new role to build cohesion in the communities they serve if the recommendations of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion are adopted. The Commission, set up following tensions between various groups led to disturbances in some Northern towns, has produced its final report, “Our Shared Future”, after a year of taking evidence on what communities are doing to overcome barriers.

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By Jamie Bodley-Scott No longer do public bodies carry out their functions within an area defined by bricks and mortar. Partnership working means operating within other sets of walls. Mobile working means that staff use office facilities from many locations. Electronic walls have had to change to meet the developing situation and the data fence has had to move. The author describes how Watford Borough Council has successfully moved their data fence.