Being HIV-positive is distressing enough but for foreign nationals living in the UK the problem is heightened by difficulty obtaining help and advice. Reports on London's Globe Centre, which is establishing European links to cope with their needs.
Being HIV-positive is distressing enough but for foreign nationals living in the UK the problem is heightened by difficulty obtaining help and advice. Reports on London's Globe Centre, which is establishing European links to cope with their needs.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, needs, social care provision, advice services, black and minority ethnic people;
Social services departments are repeatedly accused of failing to attract black and Asian people to take up their services. Reports on an initiative by Northamptonshire SSD, which has set up a translation and community service.
Social services departments are repeatedly accused of failing to attract black and Asian people to take up their services. Reports on an initiative by Northamptonshire SSD, which has set up a translation and community service.
Subject terms:
needs, social services, social care provision, translation services, black and minority ethnic people, community work;
Many of the Somalian refugees in Cardiff are culturally and linguistically isolated. A special outreach team, made up of Somalians, is breaking down the barriers to improve the quality of their lives.
Many of the Somalian refugees in Cardiff are culturally and linguistically isolated. A special outreach team, made up of Somalians, is breaking down the barriers to improve the quality of their lives.
Subject terms:
multicultural approach, outreach services, quality of life, refugees, social work methods, advocacy, African people, black and minority ethnic people;
Almost all social services departments in London refer to elements of their equal opportunities policy when advertising for staff. Asks how many councils really apply it, and how many merely pay lip service to it.
Almost all social services departments in London refer to elements of their equal opportunities policy when advertising for staff. Asks how many councils really apply it, and how many merely pay lip service to it.
Subject terms:
policy, recruitment, social services, staff, standards, anti-discriminatory practice, black and minority ethnic people, equal opportunities;