Category: Community Care- Adults
By Deborah Rozansky, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Reablement services play a critical role in maintaining people’s independence and quality of life. Most frequently used to support people’s recovery after a hospital stay, reablement can also be preventive, reducing the need for hospital admissions or long-term residential care. However, our research has shown that […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A lack of staff and hospital beds, at a time of “overwhelming demand”, is leading to “harmful” gaps in mental healthcare, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. As a result, people were being discharged prematurely, […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The government has curbed the recruitment of care staff from overseas with adults’ providers in England instead required to prioritise hiring international workers already in the country. Ministers said the measure, which comes into force on […]
By Denise Turner The proposed assisted dying legislation, which is currently being debated in Parliament, recommends social workers are appointed to multi-disciplinary panels, making decisions about assisted dying requests, following sign-off by two doctors. This is an important potential change in the social work role. However, death and dying have always been firmly embedded within […]
This article provides practice tips from Community Care Inform’s guide on using trauma-informed approaches to work with adults. Written by systemic psychotherapist Lydia Guthrie, the in-depth guide covers the different types of trauma and the physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioural effects they can have. It also looks at the key principles behind a trauma-informed approach […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. NHS fees for care homes to fund nursing services will rise by 7.7% in 2025-26, the government has announced. The increase in NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) will benefit more than 75,000 care home residents in England, […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The Care Quality Commission has issued the first outstanding rating for a council since it resumed assessing local authority adult social services at the end of 2023. The London Borough of Camden earned the accolade after […]
To mark World Social Work Day 2025, Community Care is offering free learning to social care practitioners on relational and restorative practice. Consultant social worker Paul Nixon – formerly New Zealand’s chief social worker – will explore how these approaches bring families and communities into decision making about children and adults, to create lasting change, […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Providers are holding a day of action in protest against the impact of the autumn Budget on adult social care. The Providers Unite event today includes a rally at the Houses of Parliament to lobby MPs […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Over half of carers say they require more recognition of their needs from councils, amid worsening mental health and high levels of overwhelm, driven by a lack of breaks. Those were among findings published last week […]