Category: Community Care- Adults
Social workers will take a further 26 days’ strike action in a dispute over pay and staffing levels. Barnet UNISON said members working in mental health would stage walkouts from November 2023 until March 2024 in pursuit of their objective of retention payments equivalent to those received by the London borough’s children and families’ social […]
A city council has become the latest to face social worker strike action over pay inequalities between adults’ and children’s staff. Adults’ social workers at Brighton & Hove council will stage a walkout on 7 November in pursuit of a 12.5% market supplement on top of their salary – as received by their counterparts in […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Before I even rounded the corner to Barnet Council’s offices, I could hear the chants. Under the shadow of the council’s towering glass-fronted building, social workers from the borough’s approved mental health professional (AMHP) service and […]
Fast-track programme Think Ahead will train 320 more mental health social workers after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extended its contract up to 2027. The £18.9m extension covers two cohorts, starting in 2024 and 2025, each of 160 trainees, the same size as the 2023 cohort. Following a five-week grounding in social […]
Inequalities in access to adult social care are deepening due to the cost of living crisis, staff shortages and squeezed council budgets. That was the message today from the Care Quality Commission in its annual State of health care and adult social care report. The regulator said council funding for care was not keeping up […]
A minister has sidestepped a question on whether the government will include a bill to reform the Mental Health Act (MHA) in next month’s King Speech. With the speech on 7 November marking the start of the last parliamentary session before the next election, it is the final chance for the government to reform the […]
The Care Quality Commission has given its initial verdict on council adult social care services under its new local authority assurance system. The regulator included findings from an analysis of data and other published performance information from all 153 councils in its annual State of health and social care report, published last week. The assessment covered […]
The government has started its quest for a new chief social worker for adults, after Lyn Romeo announced her retirement after a decade in post. Applicants must be qualified social workers – though need not be currently registered – and be able to provide a “frontline perspective on policymaking” – though most of the essential […]
Social workers should be a core part of community alcohol treatment services, according to proposed government treatment guidelines issued last week for consultation. They should be members of multidisciplinary teams in every area responsible for assessment, treatment and recovery planning, alongside doctors, nurses and psychologists, say the guidelines on treating harmful drinking and alcohol dependence. […]
With significant and growing workload pressures, it can be difficult for practitioners to find time to engage with learning and development. To support you in your daily practice, Community Care Inform is introducing new bite-sized content that delivers key information in small, easily digestible chunks. The first set of infographics focuses on the essential aspects […]