Category: Community Care- Adults
Social workers are “pivotal” to the success of direct payments but need improved training to build their skills and confidence. That was one of the key messages from a report from Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) designed to help councils boost the number of direct payments and the experience people have of using them, in […]
People who take Ukrainian refugees into their homes should not have the money they receive for doing so counted for the purposes of care charges, the government has said. In guidance issued yesterday, the Department of Health and Social Care said councils should disregard the £350 a month paid to sponsors under the Homes for […]
Just 3% of the expected number of people have accessed a scheme to help people in mental health crisis manage their debts. The government had forecast that 27,500 people would access the mental health breathing space programme in 2021-22. The scheme gives people a moratorium on certain debts for the duration of their treatment plus […]
A man who was unlawfully deprived of his liberty in a care home has won a £355,000 payout from the council that placed him there. Lawyers for the man, who is autistic and has learning disabilities, said Lancashire council admitted breaching his human rights and had agreed a £200,000 settlement and a payment of £155,000 […]
The staff vacancy rate across adult social care services in England hit 10% last month, show figures released today. The rate rose from 9.8% in February, and continues the ongoing rise in staffing gaps since May 2021, when 5.9% of posts were vacant, according to Skills for Care’s adult social care workforce data set. At […]
The House of Lords has rejected – for a second time – a government change to the cap on care costs that would reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. Peers also introduced provisions to bring in free care for disabled people aged under 40 in a vote on the Health and Care Bill yesterday. […]
Social care leaders have voiced concerns over the ending of Covid-19 funding for the sector. Funding to help care providers fund infection control and Covid testing, and for the NHS to fund free care for up to four weeks for people discharged from hospital with support needs, ended on 31 March, as did winter resources […]
Renowned poet Lemn Sissay OBE will join Community Care Inform for an exclusive live webinar this month, to mark World Social Work Day 2022. The subscriber-only event – hosted by Community Care Inform in partnership with the North East Principal Social Worker network – will focus on transitions to and from care, and this year’s World […]
Councils should be “strongly encouraged” to appoint senior social work leads with responsibility for special educational needs and disability, the government’s SEND green paper has proposed. It proposed amending the SEND code of practice to urge councils to appoint designated social care officers (DCSOs), who would be responsible for engagement between children’s social care and […]
The government has reinstated a change to the cap on care costs that will reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. The House of Commons yesterday overturned a vote in the Lords that would have ensured that people’s full personal care costs – not just their client contributions – counted towards the cap, as is […]