Care leavers will be helped to move into work, training or education
The Scottish Government has announced funding of £1 million to boost learning and development opportunities for care leavers. The Care Experienced Employability Programme (CEEP) is a one-year pilot programme to help 270 young care leavers aged 16-29 to move into appropriate work, training or educational opportunities.
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Childline app launches
The NSPCC has launched a Childline app that will provide counselling to young people in need of help directly through their mobile devices. The app, ‘For Me’, can be discretely installed and responds to the fact that over 1.8 million sessions on the Childline website were conducted via mobile devices.
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New Childcare Choices website helps parents find the right care
A new website has been launched, which provides information on the new and existing Government childcare offers: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. The website has been especially designed for parents as a quick and simple way of seeing which schemes could provide support for their families.
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Campaign launched to help boys speak about suicidal feelings
The NSPCC has launched a campaign to encourage boys to seek support for issues and problems they face. The campaign, Tough to Talk, was created in part due to Childline data that found that boys were 6 times less likely than girls to talk to Childline counsellors about suicidal thoughts.
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Exciting new secondment opportunity within RCN Scotland
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have a new secondment opportunity within the Professional Practice team to be based at their RCN Scotland HQ in Edinburgh.
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