Fri.Aug 26, 2022

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Cost of living crisis ‘severely’ hitting people accessing children’s and adults’ services, social workers warn

Community Care

The cost of living crisis is ‘severely’ affecting people accessing children’s and adults’ services, fuelling a host of issues including poverty, debt, mental ill-health and domestic conflict, social workers have warned. The vast majority of respondents to a Community Care survey asking about the effects of the crisis said it was hitting individuals and families they support hard.

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Care work has been undervalued for years. Now we see the consequences | Letters

The Guardian

Care workers need parity of esteem and pay with NHS workers, writes Rachael Dodgson , while Dr Chris Allen calls for strategies to fix fragmented services and Debbie Black describes the effect of Brexit on the staffing crisis News that half of care workers would now earn more in a job at a supermarket highlights the urgent need for a national social care workforce strategy ( Report, 24 August ).