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More staff found to be practising illegally as social workers, says regulator

Community Care

An increasing number of staff have been found to be practising illegally as social workers, the regulator has said. The regulator opened 164 misuse of title cases in 2022-23, up from 105 in 2021-22, revealed figures in a paper to its board meeting last month. “This is illegal. “This is illegal.

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DHSC sets out plans for funding adult social care training

Community Care

each towards training courses for care staff and continuing professional development (CPD) for regulated practitioners in 2024-25. Adult social care providers who directly employ care staff, including councils, will be able to claim up to £4.5m They will not be available for course repeats.

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Supporting early career social workers: lessons from Wales

Community Care

They will do one of two courses approved by regulator Social Care Wales, both managed and delivered by partnerships of employers and universities. That’s probably true of all social work qualifications when you’re doing it alongside a busy role,” he says. Positives include the fact it is built into professional regulation.

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Spiralling inflation, crops left in the field and travel chaos: 10 reasons Brexit has been disastrous for Britain

The Guardian

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

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Employers given standards to improve ‘poor support’ for overseas social workers

Community Care

Social Work England is anticipating further increases in overseas applications this year, with this being among the reasons that its business plan predicts a £1m increase in registration income this year.

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Children’s trust to be disbanded as council takes services back in-house

Community Care

The following year, the DfE approved the council’s business case to set up a company it wholly owned to run services and, in 2019, WCF was established, with a five-year contract to deliver social care, early help and education.

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A third of care homes in England have considered closing due to rising energy bills

The Guardian

Care England says there is ‘no justification for charging such financially crippling rates’ A third of care homes across England have considered closing during the past year because of “financially crippling” running costs, as concerns rise that gas suppliers are profiteering at the expense of small businesses. Continue reading.

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