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Social Work Recap: the value of disabled people’s voices and the scale of adult care’s funding shortfall

Community Care

The Care Provider Alliance’s analysis of councils’ fair cost of care reports suggested there was a £2.88bn shortfall in funding for care home services for older people and home care provision for all adults in 2021-22. You can listen to her full interview here.

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Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum

Community Care

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services urged the government to “move at pace” in tackling the issue, while the British Association of Social Workers England said the figures were “not a surprise” as practitioners’ working conditions had been “deteriorating year after year”.