Category: Community Care- Adults
People are being denied their entitlement to continuing healthcare, as a result of the ongoing backlog in cases arising from last year’s six-month suspension of assessments, experts have warned The pressure to clear backlogs is leading to unfair decisions and some areas are using localised discharge forms, instead of the national CHC checklist, in a […]
By Kate Snowdon, assistant content editor, Community Care Inform Adults Stress is an occupational hazard for most social workers, and sadly now more so than ever. Working with some of the most vulnerable members of our society, social workers regularly support people who are experiencing difficult or traumatic life events. This vital but challenging work, […]
By Kate Snowdon There are, sadly, many reasons why social workers may feel frightened at work, both for themselves and the people they support. Working with the most vulnerable members of society, under great economic and political pressure, social workers manage risk on a daily basis. During the Covid-19 outbreak, more practitioners than ever have […]
By Kate Snowdon At the beginning of the pandemic, as social workers navigated new ways of working, Community Care Inform published a guide to creating online reflective spaces when working from home. Collaboration is a huge part of social work, and critical reflection with colleagues can help social workers to improve their practice while reducing […]
By Kate Snowdon, assistant content editor It’s perhaps not surprising that Community Care Inform’s guide to secondary trauma in practitioners has been read so widely over the summer months on Inform Children and Inform Adults. We know that in addition to longstanding heavy workloads and stretched budgets, working to support and protect people who are […]
This article looks at what acquired brain injury is and what the possible signs, symptoms and consequences are. It is taken from a Community Care Inform Adults guide on this topic. The full guide provides an in-depth introduction to the topic and includes case examples, practice tips, scenarios and external resources. Inform Adults subscribers can access the […]
This article looks at the social worker’s role in the emotional and spiritual care of people who are dying. It is taken from a Community Care Inform Adults guide on end of life care. The full guide is available to Inform Adults’ subscribers and covers guidance in unexpected end of life care situations, policy, planning, […]
This article comprises excerpts from a podcast on Community Care Inform about strengths-based practice in action, following the publication of a practice framework and handbook on strengths-based approaches in February by the Department for Health and Social Care. The full podcast includes discussion of how social workers can develop the skills they need for strengths-based practice, and […]
By Tim Spencer-Lane Updated 15 January 2020. This article looks at how the Liberty Protection Safeguards will differ from the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and is an excerpt taken from the full Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on the topic. The full guide is available here to Inform Adults’ subscribers. Further information can be found […]
This article looks at how personal health budgets in England work, as well as how to draw up effective care and support plans. It is taken from a Community Care Inform guide on this topic. The full guide covers a history of personal health budgets, law and policy, direct payments, drawing up and reviewing care and […]