Category: Community Care- Adults
A safeguarding investigation that failed to uncover the harmful care a woman received at a care home “relied heavily” on the provider’s own internal probe into the concerns. The Lancashire council social worker carrying out the enquiry did not cross-check documentation submitted by the care home concerning “Mrs X’s” care, and reached an “inconclusive” judgment […]
One in eight councils moved to delivering “life and limb” care only for at least some people in need over the Christmas period as a result of the severe pressures arising from the Omicron variant. Over half have taken the “least acceptable” actions in response to the situation including prioritising life-sustaining care, being unable to […]
The government has given councils discretion on how they spend £60m allocated this month to tackle Omicron’s impact on adult social care, to ensure it is spent quickly. Setting out further details on the Omicron support fund yesterday, the Department of Health and Social Care said it was minimising reporting requirements though stressed that the […]
Care staff face a “grim, difficult and relentless” situation as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 deepens pre-existing staffing shortages. Vacancies across the sector rose from 9.2% to 9.4%, from November to December, up from 6.1% in May, while the number of posts filled in services fell to 3.7% below March 2021 levels, shows data released today […]
Article updated 9 January 2022 Social workers including a former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services,, have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Jenny Coles, president of ADCS from 2020 to 2021, was awarded a CBE for her services to children’s social care. Coles was director of children’s services […]
Councils will need to recruit more adults’ social workers to deal with hundreds of thousands more assessments and reviews per year on the back of care funding reforms, the government has confirmed. The additional assessments and reviews will be required from 2023-24 onwards when the government implements its cap on care costs and a more […]
The government has confirmed that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will not be implemented in April 2022, adding that it is “aiming to launch” a long-awaited consultation on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) replacement early in the new year. The acknowledgment that the target date will not be met is a formality, with the […]
A London borough has been told to pay out £1,000 apiece to an autistic man and his mother, who cared for him, after it failed to properly support them causing “stress, anxiety and a breakdown in family life”. An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found Croydon council at fault for not […]
Story updated 15 December 2021 The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) replacement was originally due come into force in October 2020, but this was then put back to a target […]
Story updated, 2 December 2021 The government has pledged to invest in new training routes into social work as part of its white paper on adult social care reform, published today. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said these would be funded from £500m allocated for developing the adult social care workforce from […]