Category: Community Care- Adults
By Michael Simms What should your CV look like when applying for a social care role in adults’ services? There are plenty of guides from recruiters, HR professionals and the like, but really, there are no hard and fast rules. That said, there are some basics that you should cover off to make sure you […]
This article provides advice and tips from Community Care Inform’s guide for practice educators on reflection. Written by Siobhan Maclean, the in-depth guide covers the ‘What? Why? How?’ framework and how it can be used in social work and practice education. It looks at how to use different models of reflection with students, to improve […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Social workers could form part of neighbourhood-based multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) providing support for people with complex health and social care needs. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) called on NHS and local authority leaders […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Social care leaders have sounded the alarm over a planned 120% hike in the fees they must pay to sponsor overseas staff to work for them on skilled worker visas. The government has tabled legislation to […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The Scottish Government has ditched plans to restructure adult social care in the country into a ‘national care service’ (NCS). Social care minister Maree Todd said that she was scrapping the flagship Scottish National Party (SNP) […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Anyone who has read Hope Daniels’ first book, The Sunday Times bestseller Hackney Child, will know that when she was nine, she walked into Stoke Newington police station with her two younger brothers and asked to […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Staff vacancy numbers in adult social care services fell last year, early data suggests. As of December 2024, 7% of roles in independent sector adult social care providers in England lay vacant, down from 7.6% in […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Council fee rises for social care providers have lagged behind increases in the national living wage (NLW) for each of the past three years, providers have reported. The research, carried out before the government’s autumn 2024 […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. By Kirsty Kitchen For several years I’ve been part of the team that develops the ‘lay summary’ of MBRRACE-UK’s* annual report on maternal deaths. During this time, my colleagues from across the voluntary sector and I have […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Social work opinion is divided on the police withdrawing from attending mental health incidents, a poll has found. This follows approved mental health professionals (AMHP) raising safety concerns over the lack of police involvement since the […]