Category: Community Care- Adults
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Council spending on adult and children’s social care is due to rise by 10% in real terms this year for the second consecutive year, government data has shown. Planned expenditure on adult social care will increase […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The political parties have neglected social care and its value in “transforming lives” during the election, sector bodies warned politicians today with less than a fortnight until polling day. The sector has not been as prominent […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A proposed dataset on the work of approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) has the potential to showcase the value of the role and secure much-needed investment for it, service heads have said. The AMHP Leads Network […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A number of social workers have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list, announced this week. The recipients included two principal social workers (PSW), the co-founder of the secure base model of therapeutic caregiving and […]
Community Care Live 2024 is open for registration! Our annual event provides social workers and other social care practitioners with free learning, the chance to connect with fellow professionals and a wealth of opportunities to explore with employers, learning organisations and providers. And by booking early, you can take advantage of our launch offer for […]
This article presents tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on supporting carers in end-of-life care. The full guide sets out how social care practitioners can support carers as the person they care for nears the end of life, highlighting the special issues that may arise and the breadth of resources on which practitioners can […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The Labour Party has made no funded commitments on social care in its general election manifesto, published yesterday. While the party said it would introduce a fair pay agreement for adult social care workers and indicated […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties, research has found. However, in most cases, parents’ conditions were only identified at the court stage, in part because social workers lacked […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. by Ray Jones This article on social work in the 1980s is the second in a five-part series by Professor Ray Jones for Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Each part will look back at key events from […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A Conservative manifesto pledge to implement a cap on adult social care costs and associated charging reforms is unfunded, a think-tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the plan to implement the changes […]