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The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

Community Care

When speaking to Elaine James, her passion for upholding the rights of people with learning disabilities is almost infectious. This is also evident in her accomplishments as the head of service for learning disabilities and preparation for adulthood at Bradford council. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote?

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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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Recent happenings

Jaeran Kim

The first is an article written from my research on adoptive parents who placed an intercountry adopted child in out-of-home care due to the child’s disability. The second article was published in the Adoption Quarterly journal and it is based on the research conducted by Dr.

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

Community Care

Directors interviewed for the study told the college, “you are seen as a risk if you are not from a social care background”. You can learn more about what it takes to become a DCS in our article about the Staff College’s report.