Category: Community Care- Adults
Councils significantly raised their income from charging people for care last year, government data has revealed. English authorities raised £4.7bn in client contributions in 2024-25, up 14% on the £4.1bn raised in 2023-24, according to the annual adult social care finance report, published by the Department of Health and Social Care. This was a faster […]
Social workers are divided over the government’s decision to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), a poll has found. While some believe the LPS will be less intrusive for families and less burdensome for practitioners, others fear it will weaken safeguards for vulnerable adults. The Department of Health […]
By Abul Hussain So what exactly does an AMHP do? At its core, I am here to protect rights and keep people safe under the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007. In practice, the role is about finding the gentlest way forward when someone is in crisis. I weigh […]
The government is recruiting troubleshooters to help ‘failing’ council adults’ services improve. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking for sector leaders to act on its behalf as improvement advisers or commissioners, tasked with helping struggling authorities recover, in a similar model to that which exists in children’s social care services. The […]
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has appointed a new lead civil servant for adult social care. Sally Warren has been made director general for adult social care, having held the role on an interim basis since July, following the departure of previous postholder Michelle Dyson. Warren comes with extensive experience of sector […]
Think Ahead is to broaden its focus beyond social work following the government’s decision to end funding for its fast-track scheme to train practitioners to work in adult mental health. The charity plans to offer training to the wider mental health workforce, though will advocate for the reinstatement of a social work training scheme, with […]
An increasing reliance on very small home care services poses risks to provision, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned. The proportion of domiciliary care services providing care to four people or fewer grew by seven percentage points to more than 28% over the past two years, the CQC reported in its latest State of […]
Child to parent abuse (CPA) is one of the most hidden forms of domestic abuse in the United Kingdom. It refers to patterns of behaviour where children and adolescents use violence, coercion, intimidation or controlling tactics against their parents or carers. Unlike ordinary conflict between parents and teenagers, CPA involves sustained behaviours that instil fear, […]
The Independent Commission on Adult Social Care (the Casey Commission) has issued a callout for people’s experiences of adult social care, along with their ideas on how it can be improved. The body, set up to devise long-term reforms of adult social care, is seeking the views of those receiving care and support, those working […]
I am the manager of a social work team working with adults who have a learning disability or autism. It has become clear to me that many people – including my family! – don’t really understand what I do. So, I wanted to share a typical day in my role, setting out some of my […]