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Social care inequalities deepening due to cost of living crisis and squeezed council budgets, says CQC

Community Care

Inequalities in access to adult social care are deepening due to the cost of living crisis, staff shortages and squeezed council budgets. ” The situation prompted widespread calls for the government to not only find more money for the sector in next month’s autumn statement but also provide long-term investment in social care. .”

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Social Work England finds broad support for proposed expectations of new graduates

Community Care

Following a consultation , the regulator will now move ahead with plans to assess social work course providers against a set of statements of their students’ readiness for professional practice, from 2024. However, others described the statements as too vague or lacking in detail, compared with existing standards frameworks.

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

The assessment covered two of nine quality statements against which the CQC will be assessing authorities: care provision, integration and continuity, and assessing needs. Too often, however, carers are being starved of vital support and access to care because of vast differences in carer strategies across the country.

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Change Healthcare Cyberattack: What Social Workers Should Know

Social Work Blog

The attack, known as ransomware, involved hackers gaining access to healthcare payment systems, encrypting files, and demanding payment in exchange for a decryption key. Available at: [link] (Accessed: 12 March 2024). As a result, Change Healthcare became temporarily paralyzed, causing payment disruptions and delays in patient care.

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Home Office age assessment body opposed by BASW starts work

Community Care

BASW urges social workers not to work for board In a statement last month, BASW urged members and non-members alike not to take jobs with the NAAB on the grounds that their professional judgment risked being compromised by the Home Office’s political priorities.

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IASSW Team at United Nations Commission for Social Development to be held February 5-14 at UN Headquarters in New York

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

These are accessible to members via the registration link on the session flyers. We also wrote a statement on the Commission theme and endorsed the Civil Society Declaration that will be presented at the opening session.

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Minority ethnic social care staff face disproportionately high levels of bullying and disciplinaries – study

Community Care

“This disparity also reinforces further concerns about how racism and inequity is experienced by the children, families, adults, and communities who access our support services.

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