Social services departments

I am a Service Manager within the Social Services Department of a London borough. The Service Manager role is a combination of several middle management functions in an attempt to flatten the hierarchy and we are stretched in many directions. It is not uncommon to be representing the local authority at the highest level one moment, then be locked into complex local operational concerns the next. 

Pritchard, C., Fielding, M., Choudry, N., Cox, M., and Swan, C. (1985) Drug and solvent abuse in the caseload of probation and social services departments a balanced approach , Community Care, 570 25-7. 

When working with a patient who is not man ng the drug r men correcdy, die nurse must ensure that the patient understands the drug r men. It is essential to provide written instructions. If possible, die nurse should allow the patient to administer die drug before he or she is dismissed from die liealdi care facility. The nurse should determine if adequate funds are available to obtain the drug and any necessary supplies. For example, when a bronchodilator is administered by inhalation, a spacer or extender may be required for proper administration. This device is an additional expense. A referral to the social service department of die institution may help when finances are a problem. 

Cochran D (2006) Household products with lead. Health News From Dr. Yu Thurston County (Washington) Health and Social Services Department, http //www.co.thurston.wa.us/health/ ehkids/pdf/Lead.pdf. Accessed 16 Apr 2013... 

Strength SC Department of Social Services called in individuals to staff shelter at USCA (University of South Carolina at Aiken) campus who had not been previously designated in planning. 

The other pressure on the chancellor was to reduce taxation. The standard rate of income tax had increased from Is 2d (5.8p) to 6s (30p) in the pound between 1913/14 and 1918/19, and the top rate of income tax plus surtax from Is 8d (8.3p) to 10s 6d (52.5p). MPs, the press and business interests agitated continually from 1919 for reductions. Lloyd George responded by appointing the Geddes Committee in 1921 to make recommendations on how expenditure could be reduced, and most of the consequent cuts were at the expense of the defence departments rather than social services. ... 

WDHSS. 1989. Written communication regarding state of Wisconsin regulation of silver levels in groundwater. Madison, Wl Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. (June 8). 

The aim of this instrument is to establish the regulations governing the State s reimbursement of the price of drugs prescribed to users of the National Health Service and beneficiaries of the Civil Servants Social Security Department s scheme (known as ADSE). 

Under the Medicines Act (1968), the Licensing Authority consists of the Secretaries of State for Health and Social Services, the Secretary of State for Agriculture and the Secretaries of State for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Medicine Act (1968) was implemented to operate from September 1971. The day-to-day administration of the Act for human medicines was conducted by the Medicines Division of the Department of Health and Society Security (DHSS) and was managed jointly by an under-secretary and the professional head of the Division, who held the rank of Senior Principal Medical Officer. 

Anderson, HA Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services Madison, Wisconsin Consortium for the health assessment of Great Lakes sport fish consumption... 

Results and Implications of the Investigation of Ethylene Dibromide in Ground Water in Western Washington," Washington Department of Social Services and Health, Water Supply ... 

This study was supported by the Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Social Services (RF99-38), the European Community (BMH4 CT98-6011, CT98-6051) and Telethon Italia (E574). We are grateful to Dr. Thomas Stockner for the critical comments given in the preparation of the manuscript. 

Clinical research in the UK is governed by statutory requirements in the form of the EU Directive (2001/20/EC) on Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ethical principles (Declaration of Helsinki), the Research Governance Eramework for Health and Social Care (Department of Health, 2005) and the duty of care in the National Health Service (NHS), the high professional and ethical standards that most care professionals and researchers uphold. 

Beller, M., and J. Middaugh. 1992. Potential Illness Due to Exposure to Oxygenated Fuels, State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Anchorage, AK. 

Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health Jesse Cooper Bldg. 

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