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3 years ago
Outsourcing of children’s home placements linked to poorer council Ofsted ratings, suggests study
Councils with a greater proportion of looked-after children placed in profit-making children's homes tend to receive worse Ofsted ratings research has found For every additional percentage point of for-profit children's home provision a council had lower odds of being...
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3 years ago
Delay cap on care costs by a year to tackle social work recruitment challenge, councils urge DHSC
The government must delay its adult social care funding reforms by a year in order to tackle the social work recruitment challenges they entail amid significant financial pressures That was the warning from a County Councils Network CCN report that...
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3 years ago
Average care worker earns less than over 80% of wider workforce
More than of jobs in the wider economy pay more than the average independent care worker wage Skills for Care revealed today in its annual report on the workforce NHS healthcare assistants new to their roles are earning...
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3 years ago
‘How social workers can better support Polish families’
By Ewa Wilcock Vesta SFS CIC has been supporting Polish families since working with those experiencing complex issues domestic abuse problems with mental health parenting difficulties or addictions We address these problems via the offer of specialist services including...
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3 years ago
‘It is very serious’: commissioner warns ‘inadequate’ council it must improve ‘at pace’
A council must improve at pace in the wake of a damning Ofsted report that found it was not protecting children and young people from harm That was the message from Herefordshire Council's government-appointed commissioner at the start of a...
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3 years ago
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3 years ago
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Ann McLaughlin Author of WORLD CHANGE-MAKER BUILD SKILLS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENt amp SOCIAL WORK Coaching training and consulting world wide over twenty years...
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3 years ago
Joint targeted area inspections to focus on early help for children and families
Ofsted CQC and HMICFRS have published guidance for the thematic focus on early help for families as part of their programme of joint targeted area inspections JTAIs...
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3 years ago
People with learning disabilities ‘not always protected from abuse’, amid ‘blame culture’ in NHS service – CQC
People with learning disabilities and autistic people were not always protected from abuse or poor care by insufficiently skilled staff amid a blame culture in a mental health trust's inpatient services That was the damning verdict from the Care Quality...
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3 years ago
NQSW: ‘I get to the end of the second week after being paid and don’t have any money’
I want my kids eating well and I want them dressed appropriately that they at least have a school uniform If we're actually going to be happier with me in the benefits system then why not Why push poverty on...