Community Care

APRIL 17, 2024

.” A passion for social work His positive experience is one he shares with the social workers he oversees in Derby council as its strategic director of people, a role that encompasses the statutory positions of director of children’s services (DCS) and director of adult social services (DASS).

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Councils will face targets on improving adult social care in return for funding in the forthcoming financial year, the government has confirmed. ADASS added that, should that happen, the government would need to “re-evaluate its expectations” of councils.

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Community Care

JUNE 17, 2022

The challenge for councils of recruiting significantly more practitioners to implement the cap and associated reforms next year at a time of mounting staffing pressures was cited by many respondents to a DHSC consultation on guidance to implement the changes. . Get full coverage on the government’s adult social care reforms.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The lack of an appointed care minister comes with significant decisions needing to be made about the sector including: Whether there will be a delay to the government’s adult social care charging reforms, in the light of the economic situation. Care minister role may be downgraded.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The inquiry also urged the creation of Child Protection Authorities for England and Wales responsible for improving practice by statutory agencies and other instutitions, advising government on policy and, where they consider necessary, inspecting organisations. Mandatory reporting requirement.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Adult social care staff are carrying out tasks previously undertaken by the NHS in most areas, without compensatory funding, council heads have reported. Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Healthcare Recovery 337

Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care, directors have warned, in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services, directors have said.

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Nursing Home Home Care Government Hospitals 256

Community Care

APRIL 26, 2023

However, significant investment and political will are required to realise this ambition from a context of significant unmet need, workforce shortages and lack of choice for people needing care and carers, said the study, commissioned by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Beverley Tarka this week became the first black president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) since its establishment in 2007. This will be the basis of the case it will be making to government for how it invests in, and reforms, the system over the coming years. ”

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Hospital Discharges Diversity Government Disability 230

Community Care

MAY 31, 2022

Councils would require an “unfeasible” increase in adult social work numbers to implement the government’s care reforms unless they change systems, according to a report last week. Cap on care costs: government change reducing benefit for less wealthy becomes law. By Patrick Grafton-Green and Mithran Samuel.

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Government Social Worker Case Management Consultation 280

Community Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

Children’s practitioner Kirstie Baughan and adult safeguarding lead Shabnam Ahmed were garlanded in the annual list, alongside chief social worker for children and families Isabelle Trowler. ‘Believe in yourself’ An MBE was also awarded to social care consultant, and expert by experience, Jak Savage.

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Community Care

MAY 12, 2023

‘Perfect storm’ of high caseloads and perceived low status Speaking at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ (ADASS) annual spring seminar, Blackmore said the worsening picture for recruitment and retention in social work reflected a “perfect storm” for the profession that had built up over many years.

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Social Worker Government University Consultation 208

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Approaches in which people are not allocated a fixed desk and work at different times and locations depending on need have become increasingly common, but practitioners are consistently negative about them, found a five-year study into newly qualified social workers published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). .

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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. a year earlier, according to an Association of Directors of Children’s Services survey. .”

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Social Worker Case Management Government Communication 255

Community Care

MAY 3, 2022

With the right strategy and proper investment, kinship care offers the potential for better outcomes for children and considerable savings for local authorities and national government. But to achieve this there needs to be a strategic plan to develop properly resourced kinship care services. But many are now at breaking point.

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Adoption Social Worker Foster Care Healthcare 307

Community Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

The issue in this case was which of two local authorities was responsible for providing and paying for “aftercare services” under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“MHA”) for a particular individual. What does section 117 say? However, the DHSC changed its mind and challenged its own guidance.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 29, 2023

Stakeholder consultations involving representatives from key sectors, including people with personal experiences of mental health conditions, researchers from health and social sciences, community and charity organizations, mental health practitioners, and leaders from both private and public sectors. No to austerity.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A document from the California Department of Social Services indicates the agency was appropriately appalled by the “ethics review.” An excellent story in The Imprint reveals that, after extensive consultation with an impressive and diverse group of people, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has pulled the plug.

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Medicaid 98

Social Work Haven

APRIL 3, 2023

In NRA & Ors, Re [2015] EWCOP 59 judgement made it clear that it is well established that the approach to the existence of a deprivation of liberty is governed by the Guzzardi principle. 4 (6) MCA) and consulted with family and carers (s.4 Necessary to prevent harm and proportionate to risk of harm. 4 (7) MCA). 21A of the MCA.

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Self-harm Mental Health Social Worker Consultation 52

Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. . ” For the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, president Beverley Tarka said: “Families up and down the country are facing constant struggles to get the support they need to care for loved ones.

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Nursing Home Social Worker Government Social Services 255

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN What is the main role of a social worker? What skills does a social worker need?

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

The blueprint for the chief social worker role The recommendation to appoint a chief social worker came from Professor Eileen Munro, in the final report of her landmark review of child protection from the government in 2011. So, in 2012, ministers decided to appoint two chiefs – one for each service.

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Social Worker Government Mental Health Adoption 283

Save the Social Worker

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It’s easy to rail at the government and say, You should do this! But it doesn’t tell you what you should do, if you are the social worker supposed to help. Secondly, on the whole, we have an efficient government that has planned well, if you plan well. The government tops up the Medisave for the Merdeka generation.

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Social Worker Interventional Administration Therapist 246

Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 6, 2022

Andy Beshear announcing pay raises for the state’s social services workforce, including social workers. The article, which reached a potential 65 million readers, noted that NASW Kentucky Chapter Executive Director Brenda Rosen was one of stakeholders he consulted in making this decision. Yahoo News covered Kentucky Gov.

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Code of Ethics Adoption Social Worker Mental Health 96

University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

This scholarship was established in memory of Mary Deane-Scalora, MSW, by her family to provide financial assistance to a master’s level student with demonstrated interest in working with or for the advancement of the poor in a social services agency or educational institution.

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Criminal Justice Schools Social Worker Mental Health 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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