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LADO role faces review after disabled children abuse inquiry identifies ‘major failings’

Community Care

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function. ” Urgent actions .

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Here’s the moral of the victorious campaign to stop disabled people being warehoused: resistance is not futile | Frances Ryan

The Guardian

Last month, I reported on cash-strapped Bristol city council’s proposal to move disabled people into residential care if it was deemed “best value” compared with providing support in their own homes. Others used the council’s public consultation to voice their objections. Readers took to social media with their outrage.

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Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

Community Care

The government will “strongly encourage” councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, it said today. The development of the role will be based on pilots run by charity the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) in 30 councils.

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Seven lessons for practitioners from the review of children’s social care in Northern Ireland

Community Care

Parents of disabled children who need constant care may be exhausted. It also involves greater investment in voluntary and community services, such as Sure Start, Home Start and family centres with an expanded age range, and in respite care for families with a disabled child.

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The Victoria Climbié Inquiry chair reflects on social work, 21 years on

Community Care

It is the worst case of child abuse and neglect that I have ever seen,” said a hospital consultant who treated Victoria in her final days. Laming tells me of a severely disabled young adult who, until the age of 18, had been well supported by children’s services. Ultimately, for him, this sums up the problem in children’s services.

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

Community Care

While the regulator said effective workforce planning required collaboration, a survey of providers found that just 18% said their local authority consulted or engaged with them completely, with a further 44% saying their council did so to an extent.

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Boosting careers in adult social care

Social Care

We know from our data that 65% of direct care providing staff who’ve started work in the sector since January 2015 have engaged with the Care Certificate. We recommend everyone new to social care completes the Care Certificate as part of a robust induction process.

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