Category: Community Care- Adults
By Tim Spencer-Lane The Health and Care Bill was introduced into Parliament on 6 July 2021 and receives its second reading today (14 July). It represents another major overhaul of NHS structures, and has implications for the social care sector. The bill gives effect to the recommendations set out in the NHS Long Term Plan […]
A council faces making substantial service cuts after declaring its budget unsustainable and ceasing non-essential and new spending. While Slough Borough Council will continue to deliver its statutory social care duties, children’s and adults’ services that are not statutorily required are vulnerable to cuts as it bids to tackle a projected deficit this year of […]
The number of social workers in drugs services should be boosted as part of moves to reverse a “significant deterioration” in the quality and quantity of the workforce in recent years. That was a key message to ministers from a government-commissioned report into reforming drugs services published today. The second part of Dame Carol Black’s […]
By Belinda Schwehr, CEO, CASCAIDr In SH v Norfolk County Council [2020] EWHC 3426, the High Court decided that Norfolk’s charging policy unlawfully discriminated against severely disabled people in the enjoyment of their benefits income (a human right). At CASCAIDr, we knew that most councils were exercising Care Act charging discretion, in very similar ways. […]
Most social workers lack confidence in working with children at risk of radicalisation because of their lack of experience, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE). While radicalisation cases had increased or stayed static in the past few years in the 11 areas studied, they were still a relatively rare occurrence […]
The government has extended Covid funding for adult social care, three days before existing funds were due to run out. Providers will receive an extra £142.5m to help them maintain staffing levels while controlling Covid infections, along with £108.8million for testing, to last until the end of September. As with previous such funding packages, most […]
A disabled man was left in unsuitable accommodation for 27 months and suffered other injustices because of council failings, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. Though Wirral council had accepted since July 2017 that Mr C, who is severely autistic, has a learning disability and requires full support with […]
By Professor Jon Glasby, director, IMPACT When I was training as a social worker, someone who went on to be very senior said: “You’ll make a good social worker, but the trouble is you think too much.” I know what they meant: you have to walk before you can run, you should listen before talking, and […]
Every social worker whose duties require them to enter an adult care home will have to be vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they are medically exempt, the government has announced. The requirement means best interests assessors, practitioners undertaking care reviews or those visiting care homes as part of safeguarding enquiries will have to have had both […]
Story updated 30 June 2021 Registration is open for Community Care Live, back as an in-person event on 12-13 October this year! Following our successful virtual event last year, we are returning to London’s Business Design Centre to bring the social work profession together for two days of learning, networking and exploring new opportunities. The […]