News

Pilot social work project wins award


A groundbreaking social work team at PSS has won a key award.

PSS’s Social Work Practice team was a joint initiative with Liverpool City Council to improve outcomes for looked after children by working differently.

The project in Liverpool city centre has won a silver award in the prestigious Social Work Team of the Year awards. The pilot put social workers at the heart of all the decision making about the 120 children and young people in their care. They had autonomy when making decisions about placements but also on things such as budgets and recruiting staff. Administrative staff also reduced the paper work burden on social workers and freed them up to do more direct work with families.

Margaret Rowlands, PSS Children and Families Interim Head of Service, said: “This award is really deserved – this was an entirely new team working on a pilot project and they achieved so much.




[ Read the rest ... ]

Mon 30 January 2012 - 09:56 by Steve_M
Posted in Misc | Comments: 0 |     printer friendly   create pdf of this news item  

Partnership takes new approach to dementia care


Ciara Leeming from The Guardian experiences the effects of the Virtual Dementia Journey and talks with Pam Stopforth about Dementia and the PSS / Hope Dementia Centre. To read the article CLICK HERE

To learn more about Dementia and visit The Dementia Centre website CLICK HERE



Mon 23 January 2012 - 13:51 by Steve_M
Posted in Misc | Comments: 0 |     printer friendly   create pdf of this news item  

Dementia: A small taste of hell on earth


Jonathan Brown, a journalist with The Independent newspaper recently took part in the PSS Dementia Journey which was run in conjunction with the Hope and Understanding Dementia Awareness Campaign at Liverpool's Hope University during the week between 9th January 2012 and 13th January 2012.

To read all about his experiences CLICK HERE

To learn more about Dementia and visit The Dementia Centre website CLICK HERE

If you would like to listen to some of the radio interviews that were broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside during the week CLICK HERE.



Tue 17 January 2012 - 11:27 by Steve_M
Posted in Misc | Comments: 0 |     printer friendly   create pdf of this news item  

Go to page       >>  



Services

Examples of services that PSS can offer.


Change people's lives by making a donation.
Give
Work

Find out about working or volunteering for PSS.


Find out about training in all aspects of social care with PSS.
Learn