Category: Community Care- Adults
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Free Loaves on Fridays, a new anthology containing letters, stories and poems by 100 care experienced children and adults, was launched last week. The book, edited by Rebekah Pierre, professional officer at the British Association of […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. By Robin Miller and Sarah McLaughlin, IMPACT There are many potential benefits of asset-based approaches, in which professionals start with what matters to the person and their family, take time to build a trusting relationship and […]
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is a critical piece of legislation, employed every day by social care practitioners to help people aged 16 and over make decisions about their lives or, where they cannot, ensure decisions made about them are in their best interests. But with case law and practice contexts continuing to evolve, staying […]
This article provides practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on assistive technology and dementia. The full guide explores key concepts and terms and categories of assistive technology, and discusses some potential uses. The aim of the guide is to enable practitioners to adopt a values- and evidence-based and enabling approach that takes account […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The government has set out some of the details of its new fund for subsidising training for adult social care staff. Adult social care providers who directly employ care staff, including councils, will be able to […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A government-backed leadership training scheme has been launched for principal social workers (PSW), approved mental health professional (AMHP) leads and principal occupational therapists (POT) in adults’ services in English councils. The adult social care leadership programme, […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The next government should increase social work bursaries, review practitioners’ caseloads and salaries and boost social care funding following the forthcoming UK general election. Those were among 40 policies the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) […]
By Tim Spencer-Lane The draft Mental Health Bill, published in June 2022, contained proposals to update the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). A joint committee of both Houses of Parliament was then appointed to scrutinise the draft bill. The joint committee’s final report, which made 55 recommendations, was published in January 2023. On 21 March […]
This article presents practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on supervision: building high quality relationships. The full guide explores best practice in supervision through the provision of high quality supervision relationships, providing advice and tips for practice throughout. It considers key messages that emerge from research on the importance of good relationships within […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. It is now 10 years since the landmark and controversial decision of the Supreme Court in P v Cheshire West and Chester Council & Anor [2014] UKSC 19 (commonly known as ‘Cheshire West’). The decision, in […]