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      </title><link>http://www.educationpages.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=290189&amp;newlang=eng&amp;topic=100&amp;catid=0</link><description>Education news and jobs from EducationPages.net Advertise on our sites | About us | Contact us Education RSS news feeds from educationpages.net Education news and jobs from EducationPages.net Nov 25, 2009 - 09:00 AM PublicTechnology.net PublicTenders.net NHStenders.net PublicPolitics.net</description><guid>http://www.educationpages.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=290189&amp;newlang=eng&amp;topic=100&amp;catid=0</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:05 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.educationpages.net" /></item><item><title>Schools To Tackle Domestic Violence</title><link>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091125/tuk-schools-to-tackle-domestic-violence-45dbed5.html</link><description>Every school pupil in England will be taught that domestic violence is unacceptable as a compulsory part of the curriculum.</description><guid>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091125/tuk-schools-to-tackle-domestic-violence-45dbed5.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:05:48 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://uk.news.yahoo.com" /></item><item><title>When to Specialize?</title><link>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/25/nber</link><description>Students who choose a major early accumulate more skills than their peers but are likelier to switch to an unrelated occupation, study finds.</description><guid>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/25/nber</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.insidehighered.com" /></item><item><title>Domestic violence victims need targeted support</title><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/25/domestic-violence-victim-support</link><description>As the government publishes its domestic violence strategy, a charity says cheap but targeted support services could make women much safer</description><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/25/domestic-violence-victim-support</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:00:02 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.guardian.co.uk" /></item><item><title>Moving on Individual Budgets - Fighting Monsters - Community Care...
      </title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/blogs/fightingmonsters/archive/2009/11/25/moving-on-individual-budgets.aspx</link><description>Online community for social care professionals, hosted by Community Care And so it starts. Currently we are still in ‘pilot’ phase of the Individual Budget roll-out – the forefront of the personalisation and self-directed support agenda and if that sentence made little sense to you – you can</description><guid>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/blogs/fightingmonsters/archive/2009/11/25/moving-on-individual-budgets.aspx</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:49:29 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.communitycare.co.uk" /></item><item><title>December forum to discuss IT obstacles within the NHS</title><link>http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=21971</link><description>In the first event of its kind in Manchester, senior NHS IT professionals from across the Northwest will meet to discuss and debate the main obstacles facing IT advancements within the NHS.</description><guid>http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=21971</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:38:10 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publictechnology.net" /></item><item><title>Despite pact, few blacks at Coast Guard school</title><link>http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/25/despite_pact_few_blacks_at_coast_guard_school/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news</link><description>Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.</description><guid>http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/25/despite_pact_few_blacks_at_coast_guard_school/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:21:41 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.boston.com" /></item><item><title>Social Work collects about 500 books to send to Iraqi university ...
      </title><link>http://www.theshorthorn.com/content/view/18348/265/</link><description>The Shorthorn - the official student newspaper of The University of Texas at Arlington. Check us out for news, entertainment, sports and editorials about UTA and north Texas.</description><guid>http://www.theshorthorn.com/content/view/18348/265/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:09:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theshorthorn.com" /></item><item><title>France's crisis of national identity</title><link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frances-crisis-of-national-identity-1826942.html</link><description>Just before the France-Ireland football match in Paris, I met my charming, gentle, retired, 60-something, French neighbour on the stairs of our Paris apartment building.</description><guid>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frances-crisis-of-national-identity-1826942.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.independent.co.uk" /></item><item><title>Services in Wales</title><link>http://www.sourceuk.net/article/13/13979/services_in_wales.html</link><description>Andrew Davies, Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery, has welcomed the findings of a survey that asked over 7,500 households across Wales about their experiences of a selection of services.</description><guid>http://www.sourceuk.net/article/13/13979/services_in_wales.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.sourceuk.net" /></item><item><title>O'Malley &amp; Kaine Discuss Gay Marriage (ABC 2 Baltimore)</title><link>http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/OMalley-Kaine-Discuss-Gay-Marriage/HCcPZCb1nE6kWmc3UcfxXQ.cspx?rss=702</link><description>The governors of Virginia and Maryland, both Catholics, said Tuesday that it would be wrong for the church to suspend or reduce social services in the nation's capital if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage.</description><guid>http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/OMalley-Kaine-Discuss-Gay-Marriage/HCcPZCb1nE6kWmc3UcfxXQ.cspx?rss=702</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:18:19 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.abc2news.com" /></item><item><title>Education Sector: Who Lost Tom Toch?</title><link>http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2009/11/cmos-who-lost-tom-toch.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fthisweekineducation+%28This+Week+In+Education%29</link><description>Thanks to a couple of eagle-eyed readers (including MDM) for pointing out that the much-delayed Education Sector report on charter management organizations lacks the name -- and apparently much of the content provided by -- its original author, writer and EdSector co-founder Tom Toch. Asked about</description><guid>http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2009/11/cmos-who-lost-tom-toch.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fthisweekineducation+%28This+Week+In+Education%29</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:03:24 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com" /></item><item><title>Catholic Social Services Adoption (WKRG News 5 Mobile)</title><link>http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/catholic_social_services_adoption/541594/Nov-24-2009_4-48-pm/</link><description>WILMER Alabama CSS matches babies whose birth parents have voluntarily given up their parental rights with adoptive parents. Adoption</description><guid>http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/catholic_social_services_adoption/541594/Nov-24-2009_4-48-pm/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:15 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wkrg.com" /></item><item><title>Call for inquiry into homelessness welcome (Scoop.co.nz)</title><link>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00422.htm</link><description>Yesterday Moana Mackey (Labour Party spokesperson on housing) asked the Parliamentary social services select committee to hold an inquiry into the issue of homelessness in New Zealand. LIFEWISE and Auckland City Mission – two Auckland agencies working ...</description><guid>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00422.htm</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:24:14 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.scoop.co.nz" /></item><item><title>O'Malley: Church Gay Marriage Response Wrong (CBS 13 Baltimore)</title><link>http://wjz.com/local/church.gay.marriage.2.1331598.html</link><description>The governors of Virginia and Maryland say it would be wrong for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to quit providing social services if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage.</description><guid>http://wjz.com/local/church.gay.marriage.2.1331598.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:14 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://wjz.com" /></item><item><title>Released from prison after being wrongly convicted, man starts hi...
      </title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112401592.html?wprss=rss_education</link><description>Mario Rocha's first, spartan dorm room at George Washington University felt a little like solitary confinement.</description><guid>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112401592.html?wprss=rss_education</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:41:59 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.washingtonpost.com" /></item><item><title>Shaniya Davis' Contact To Social Workers Being Reviewed (WFMY New...
      </title><link>http://www.digtriad.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=133629</link><description>Find today's latest breaking Triad news headlines, updates, and coverage on North Carolina on digtriad.com</description><guid>http://www.digtriad.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=133629</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:21:22 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.digtriad.com" /></item><item><title>Top News: Atlanta Police, Community Try to Make Amends</title><link>http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Atlanta-Police--Community-Try-to-Make-Amends/1$49483?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+officerrss%2Ftop_news_stories+%28Officer.com%3A+Top+News+Stories%29</link><description>Atlanta Police, Community Try to Make Amends: Top News Stories at Officer.com CYGNUS WEBSITE DESCRIPTION</description><guid>http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Atlanta-Police--Community-Try-to-Make-Amends/1$49483?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+officerrss%2Ftop_news_stories+%28Officer.com%3A+Top+News+Stories%29</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.officer.com" /></item><item><title>Council addresses crime (The Register-Guard)</title><link>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23580456-46/story.csp</link><description>Eugene city councilors on Monday said the crime problem downtown is intolerable, and they hope to adopt recommendations that could emerge next month to combat everything from public defecation to robbery. Frustrated with what many call a multifaceted problem, councilors debated the city’s balance</description><guid>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23580456-46/story.csp</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:20:22 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.registerguard.com" /></item><item><title>DHSS: Services may be reduced (The News Journal)</title><link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091124/NEWS02/911240340/1006/NEWS</link><description>DOVER -- A no-growth budget proposal from the Department of Health and Social Services, Delaware's largest state agency, could mean cuts to services at a time of growing demand.</description><guid>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091124/NEWS02/911240340/1006/NEWS</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:49:27 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.delawareonline.com" /></item><item><title>Local News (u.tv)</title><link>http://u.tv/News/Ticking-boxes-doesnt-protect-children/cbb79aa0-e908-49ab-9ce1-fc2bf69f50d4</link><description>Tim Loughton: Social work is too often a byproduct of paperwork – any review of Ofsted's inspection methods must focus on the children</description><guid>http://u.tv/News/Ticking-boxes-doesnt-protect-children/cbb79aa0-e908-49ab-9ce1-fc2bf69f50d4</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:36:26 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://u.tv" /></item><item><title>Tender: Reigate: rescue and emergency equipment</title><link>http://www.publictenders.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=101360&amp;newlang=eng&amp;topic=198&amp;catid=0</link><description>Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).</description><guid>http://www.publictenders.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=101360&amp;newlang=eng&amp;topic=198&amp;catid=0</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:22:30 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publictenders.net" /></item><item><title>Social work inspectors 'are failing children': Ofsted is obsessed...
      </title><link>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230350/Social-work-watchdog-Ofsted-obsessed-reputation.html?ITO=1490</link><description>Ofsted, which polices standards in children's social services, fails to act independently of 'external influence', say town hall chiefs. Ofsted, which polices standards in children's social services, fails to act independently of 'external influence', say town hall chiefs.</description><guid>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230350/Social-work-watchdog-Ofsted-obsessed-reputation.html?ITO=1490</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:27:12 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk" /></item><item><title>QlikTech Wins Healthcare IT Innovation™ Award</title><link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3238734.htm</link><description>PR: Recognized as Best New Technology Provider for its QlikView Business Intelligence Software “QlikView’s rapid deployments and easy to use analytics tool allows healthcare providers to get to the answ</description><guid>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3238734.htm</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:23:18 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.prweb.com" /></item><item><title>Social services agencies see more Suffolk homelessness (Newsday)</title><link>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/social-services-agencies-see-more-suffolk-homelessness-1.1618801</link><description>Nearly 1,500 people were counted as homeless in October by the Suffolk Department of Social Services, a 30 percent increase over October 2008.</description><guid>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/social-services-agencies-see-more-suffolk-homelessness-1.1618801</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Publicsvc/Community Care &amp; Personal Social Services</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:47:37 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.newsday.com" /></item></channel></rss>