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2 years ago
Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund
Councils will be able use a m international recruitment fund to source social workers from overseas to work in adults' services the government has confirmed The Department of Health and Social Care DHSC said that though the focus of the...
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2 years ago
CQC checks on council adult services still set for April 2023 start
Care Quality Commission CQC assessments of local authority adult social services are still due to start in a matter of weeks despite the process for doing so not having been agreed The Department of Health and Social Care DHSC confirmed...
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2 years ago
DfE pledges action on ‘excessive’ workload pressures for children’s social workers
The government has pledged action to tackle excessive workload pressures on council children's social workers as part of its response to the care review The Department for Education said it would set up a national workload action group to identify...
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2 years ago
More people face paying for care as means-test threshold is frozen for 13th year
More people face paying for their care after means-testing thresholds were frozen for a th consecutive year the government announced this week The upper capital limit above which people must pay the full cost of their care in most cases...
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2 years ago
Children’s Mental Health Week
This week is Children's Mental Health Week an awareness raising week that is hosted by Place Be a children's mental health Read more...
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2 years ago
DfE Children’s Social Care Strategy Fails Care Experienced People
Within the care experienced community it has been hard to comprehend some of the decisions that have been made in Read more...
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2 years ago
Councils to face targets in return for adult social care funding
Councils will face targets on improving adult social care in return for funding in the forthcoming financial year the government has confirmed In return for m in additional cash for - the Department of Health and Social Care DHSC expects...
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Child sexual abuse remains ‘very hidden’ despite increase in recorded case numbers, warns expert centre
Child sexual abuse CSA remains very hidden despite increases in the number of cases identified over the past year experts have warned While the identification of CSA in assessments in England reached record levels in - relatively few were placed...
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2 years ago
Cost of care analyses show councils lack funding to pay providers fair price, warn directors
Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care directors have warned in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services ADASS issued the warning...