Social work news
@CoramBAAF
1 year ago
RT @coram_i: “I’m so pleased to have found an organisation with such an interesting history & an inspiring commitment to improving the live…
External news
1 year ago
‘There’s a real sense of family – everyone understands the pressures and supports each other’
In Jayne came to a crossroads in her social work career Having always worked in permanent roles during an almost two-decade career she decided to take an agency post I didn't know if I wanted to remain in social...
@BASW_UK
1 year ago
Urgent action is needed to address the impacts of the benefit cap, ensuring no child is left behind.
BASW stands w… https://t.co/Mbrp4j76vG
External news
1 year ago
Multiple and complex needs found in backgrounds of children deprived of liberty
The multiple and complex needs of children made the subject of deprivation of liberty DoL orders have been laid bare in an analysis published last week The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Nuffield FJO found that children had on average...
@AoCPPtweet
1 year ago
Are multi-agency safeguarding arrangements adequate? Let's find out together.
Join us TOMORROW for an engaging di… https://t.co/31mPGx7GwI
External news
1 year ago
Children’s Social Care Social Workers
https jobs communitycare co uk job children-s-social-care-social-workers...
@SCIE_socialcare
1 year ago
Adult social care workforce growing again, but challenges remain
@skillsforcare annual Size and Structure of the Ad… https://t.co/Ux7RmHB4xR
External news
1 year 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...
@CoramBAAF
1 year ago
📣Just published!
📘Working with children who have experienced neglect
This guide is designed to be a practical te… https://t.co/a27tgogOkR
External news
1 year 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...
@YorkSCP
1 year ago
Babies cry, you can cope. ICON is here to support families and professionals prevent injury to babies. Crying is… https://t.co/frV085mjQg
External news
1 year 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...
@CoramVoice
1 year ago
RT @ClaireRhullcc: Staying Connected Project is well underway. Here is one of the smaller focused groups working on the priorities in regar…
External news
1 year 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...
@PauseOrg
1 year ago
RT @pauserotherham: Messing about on the river 💚
We had a peaceful time today with the wonderful team @LockSwinton for our monthly group ac…
External news
1 year 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...
@PauseOrg
1 year ago
RT @AdedapoOmolade: Looking forward to @JohnnyMercerUK championing care leavers as Care Leavers Cross-Government Lead.
We know 40% of moth…
External news
1 year 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...
@NSPCCLearning
1 year ago
Last week @BrthCompanions published a Birth Charter setting out how services and systems in England should support… https://t.co/rQxDrJWxuc
External news
1 year 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...