Category: Community Care- Adults
The number of people using council-arranged long-term adult social care in England grew in 2022-23 following years of decline, official data has shown. Overall, 835,335 people received long-term care during the year, up 2.1% on 2021-22, when 817,995 people were given a service, showed the figures from NHS England. This figure had declined year on […]
Adult social workers have gone back on strike at a city council in their dispute over pay inequalities with children’s counterparts. The UNISON members at Brighton & Hove council returned to the picket line today (14 December) for a two-day strike after saying there had been a lack of meaningful negotiations since their first walkout […]
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has streamlined its process for assessing council adult social care services following significant concerns about the burden on authorities. The regulator has issued fresh guidance on the local authority assurance process as it announced it had been given the green light by government to start assessing England’s 153 councils over […]
This article provides key points for practitioners from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The full guide is intended to help social workers and occupational therapists understand the relationship between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and executive functioning, and looks at key case law. Inform Adults subscribers […]
Although it feels like just last week we were at Community Care Live 2023, planning is already well underway for the 2024 event. For the first time, we are inviting submissions from individuals to speak at the event, to ensure that the programme is as diverse, interesting and exciting as possible. Community Care Live 2024 […]
Government plans to prevent overseas care staff from bringing family members with them to the UK risks worsening the sector’s already significant staff shortages. That was the message from sector bodies yesterday after home secretary James Cleverly announced a raft of policies designed to cut annual net migration from a high of 745,000 in 2022. […]
Councils need more funding to manage the impact of Care Quality Commission (CQC) performance checks of adults’ services, sector leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) issued the call with the rollout of assessments of England’s 153 authorities due to start imminently. This follows pilots […]
This article presents practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on strengths-based questions. The full guide provides strengths-based ideas for moving beyond simply completing an assessment form and suggests questions and strategies for engaging people so that you can build an understanding of their life, strengths and goals. Inform Adults subscribers can access the […]
REGISTRATION LATEST: OVER HALF OF PRACTITIONERS STILL TO RENEW WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO A subscription to Community Care Inform makes it easy for you to fulfil Social Work England’s annual requirements to record continuing professional development (CPD) so that you can stay on the register. Our Inform Adults and Inform Children sites hold a […]
Many thousands of care workers in England will get a 10% pay rise next April after the government decided to increase its national living wage (NLW) from £10.42 to £11.44 an hour. The NLW will also be applied to staff aged 21 and 22, raising their wage floor from the national minimum wage (NMW), which […]