Category: Community Care- Adults
The fee paid to care homes to fund nursing costs will rise by 7.4% from April 2024, the government announced today. The standard weekly NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) rate will rise from £219.71 to £235.88, while the higher rate will increase from £302.25 to £324.50, said the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The […]
This article presents practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on problem gambling and social work. The full guide provides an awareness and understanding of the harms and risk factors of problem gambling and the social work role in supporting people who are affected. It also looks at screening tools and discusses some of […]
One in nine councils with social services responsibilities are getting emergency government help to enable them to balance their books. Ministers have agreed in principle almost £2bn in financial support overall for the 17 local authorities, with by far the biggest share going to Birmingham (£1.255.1bn), revealed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Mental health trust leaders ignored staff concerns over the safety of services at a hospital over many years before abuse was uncovered there in 2022, a damning review has found. Managers, in some cases, reprimanded workers […]
About 400 more social work apprentices could be recruited over the next year in England courtesy of a £12m fund designed to boost practitioner capacity adults’ services, announced by the government today. The Department of Health and Social Care is inviting expressions of interest from councils for up to £30,000 per apprentice to help them […]
This article presents practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on working with adults who are deafblind. The full guide gives an awareness and understanding of the complexities of deafblindness, and the social care law and policy that relates to deafblind people. It also provides guidance on the areas to pay particular attention to […]
Over four in ten adult social care providers closed parts of their organisation or handed back contracts last year because of cost pressures, driven in particular by staffing shortages, a survey has found. Almost one in five said they were providing care to fewer people, while a similar proportion said they made redundancies in 2023, […]
By James Codling With a worrying frequency, I am hearing in training sessions, and in practice across the country, the following statements: “We require the person’s consent before we undertake a safeguarding adults enquiry.” “Have we assessed [insert name]’s capacity to consent to the safeguarding enquiry?” Neither of these are in line with the Care […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. During my assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), I was struck by how consistently ‘improving emotional resilience’ came up as a personal development goal. Social work is known for being a demanding profession, requiring a […]
This article presents practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on working with adults who are deafblind. The full guide gives an awareness and understanding of the complexities of deafblindness, and the social care law and policy that relates to deafblind people. It also provides guidance on the areas to pay particular attention to […]