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Category: Community Care- Adults

  • National Social Work Agency to be created to promote profession in Scotland

    Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A National Social Work Agency will be created to promote the profession in Scotland, following the passage of the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill last week. The agency will sit within the Scottish Government and support the […]

  • Empowering parents with learning disabilities in the children’s social care system

    By Savannah Burney, Family Rights Group Parents with learning difficulties or disabilities are disproportionately represented in child protection processes and are more likely than other parents to have their children permanently removed (Booth et al, 2005). Recent research highlights the ongoing challenges these parents face, revealing that the family justice and child welfare system often […]

  • A day in the life of a specialist continuing healthcare social worker

    Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. by Lisa Norton I am an advanced practitioner specialising in continuing healthcare on behalf of a local authority. My role is to attend multidisciplinary meetings with a nurse assessor, next of kin, and a representative from […]

  • £4bn a year more available for adult social care by 2028-29 in spending review

    Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made over £4bn a year more available for councils to spend on adult social care in 2028-29 compared with this year in the government’s spending review, delivered yesterday. The funding has been […]

  • ‘It’s about fostering relationships and learning’: social work leaders on navigating multidisciplinary teams

    From the Front Line is a new series where social workers share their experiences on various topics and running issues within the sector. To express an interest in taking part, email us at anastasia.koutsounia@markallengroup.com Social workers frequently collaborate with professionals from other disciplines to safeguard or support children, families or adults. But fostering these working relationships can be […]

  • Practice tips on engaging with parents with learning disabilities

    This article provides advice and tips from Community Care Inform’s guide on working with and supporting parents with learning disabilities. Updated in March 2025, the guide is written by Beth Tarleton and Danielle Turney and looks at how to identify and assess parents with learning disabilities, as well as supporting them to learn new skills. […]

  • What will ending overseas recruitment mean for adult social care?

    Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The government’s decision to stop adult social care providers from recruiting staff from overseas – at some point later this year – has sent shockwaves through the sector. According to provider bodies, it risks creating “extreme […]

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