am going to critic‚ evaluate and analyse direct payments and the implications they have had on social work practice. The Direct Payments Act 1996 enabled local authorities to offer cash in lieu of social services. They were introduced for adults of working age in April 2007 and extended to include older disabled people in 2000. Since April 2001 direct payments have also been available to parents of disabled children‚ 16 and 17 years and carers. Direct Payments have also been extended to people
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Policy brief january 2010 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU BY James gribble investing in Youth for national Development Despite the commitment of many policymakers and advocates to addressing the ever-increasing sexual and reproductive health needs of youth‚ calls for appropriate programs‚ services‚ and funding have gone largely unanswered. Youth around the world remain at high risk of unplanned pregnancy‚ HIV/AIDS‚ and sexually transmitted infections‚ even though many small-scale programs
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are increasingly growing. There are websites and programmes that have been developed which are increasingly exploiting individual’s privacy‚ in some cases without their realisation. Social networking sites play a key role in this exploitation of user’s privacy. This essay will refer frequently to ‘Facebook’ (a social networking site). So what is Privacy? Privacy can be defined in numerous forms; it can be relatively subjective and can vary between individuals. It is described as “easy to identify
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Media and Social Media Campaign for Cofrad collaboration with London College of Fashion London College of Fashion has exclusively teamed up with world renowned mannequin manufacturer Cofrad‚ to present an exciting new installation located in the heart of Paris. ‘Water is to life what mannequins are to the fashion industry…Essential’ Without each other neither would survive‚ so we have created a unique sensory experience using digital projections to present a installation of life ’s essential
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particular culture. During my research I came across a blog that caught my eye. The writer of the blog took modern day racism and organized them into stages of racism. S/he says “Let us call traditional racism first-order racism‚ defining this as the direct disparagement of individuals based solely on skin color. Second-order racism -A person who does not dislike black people per se may still engage in activities like profiling based on assumptions about culture‚ with race as an essential cue in identifying
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Social media and Media Education in the 2000s 1. Social media and Media Education in the 2000s Media Education can be described quite enlightening and protecting sector in the education field. Social media is seen as a lurking‚ horrible threat‚ which could make an inexperienced follower’s worldview easily distorted. The victim of social porn is usually thought of as a helpless‚ growing child‚ but recently we have begun to pay more attention to the media education of adults too. The subject
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Investing in TUFS 1. What went wrong with the TUFS investment and what can be done to prevent these problems in the future? TUFS is the Technical Underwriting Financial System and was the biggest distinct outlay in IT by the Northern Insurance Company. They faced the difficulties in first few months and the team found very hard to finish it. The concerns are related with the efficacy and the upcoming prospects for the top notch evolution in underwriting process. Then it converted in to the key
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By Any Definition Social media is a way to transmit‚ or share information with a broad audience. Everyone has the opportunity to create and distribute. All you really need is an internet connection and you’re off to the races. On the other hand‚ social networking is an act of engagement. Groups of people with common interests‚ or like-minds‚ associate together on social networking sites and build relationships through community. 2. Communication Style Social media is more akin to a communication
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NOTE: Sample only. Please complete this Information Sheet online at the Course Website. Course Outline Begins on Next Page. 4281127204 personal information sheet COMM 434 – Fall 2014 What is your last name? ________________________________________ What name do you want me to call you in class? ______ What is your Student Number? QSB Email Address: -76200201295Please read the syllabus fully. If you have any questions about what to expect in terms of requirements please let me know. So that
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Case Summary Investing in TUFS The case refers to a company called Northern Insurance and their huge investment on TUFS (Technical Underwriting Financial System). That system was the largest investment ever made on IT by Northern Insurance and it was supposed to assist the company by “streamlining the underwriting process and providing strategic e-business capabilities”. Yet‚ after a couple months‚ TUFS became the cost-center of the company‚ spending almost $4 million‚ and therefore the CIO
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