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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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Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS president’s message to next government

Community Care

The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in its first 100 days in office, the incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) president has said.

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Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC

Community Care

Police have opened an investigation into abuse of patients at a mental health hospital uncovered by the BBC. Panorama filmed staff assaulting , inappropriately restraining and secluding and verbally abusing and humiliating patients at the Edenfield Centre run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Practice educators passionate about role, but lack of support risks pushing them out of it, finds study

Community Care

Four focus groups attended by 127 practice educators, and individual interviews with 28. Practice educators also said they were increasingly working with students with additional needs, such as mental health conditions, autism, dyslexia or ADHD, and needed more training to do so.

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40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

Community Care

Case studies in five of the authorities, involving interviews with practitioners and managers and analysis of strategic documents. Interviews with four domestic abuse training providers. Staff feedback on an online training module they were invited to complete alongside the survey. A review of policy documents in England and Wales.

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‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

Community Care

This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. The magazine covered the gamut of social work and social care including child protection, adoption, mental health and services for disabled and older people. A few months later, in April 1974, Community Care was launched.

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Social workers less likely to have high morale or to recommend profession than in 2020, finds study

Community Care

Four in five social workers said they had been actively job hunting over the past 12 months, with 55% of this group citing excessive workload, and 52% the impact of their work on their mental health, as key reasons. The YouGov research for Social Work England also identified issues around paperwork and pay facing social workers.