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Social Work’s Profound Impact at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa

International Federation of Social Workers

Image: Jioji Ravulo, Malakai Waqa Kaitani, Nathan Chong-Nee, Andrzej Frank, Yvonne Crichton-Hill, At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, a team of six social workers, including representatives […]

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Local government pay deal agreed following strike ballots

Community Care

This year’s local government pay deal has been agreed after the biggest union failed to gain a sufficient mandate to take effective strike action. since April of this year according to the government’s preferred consumer prices index (CPI) measured. 1,491 or 2.5%, whichever is higher, for staff in outer London.

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Social Work Recognised at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024

International Federation of Social Workers

Social Work will be present and active at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024, to be held in Samoa this October. The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work […]

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Government scraps cap on care costs to help tackle spending ‘black hole’

Community Care

The government has scrapped the planned cap on care costs to help tackle a black hole in the public finances it claimed was left by the Conservatives. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced today that the adult social care charging reforms, due to be implemented next October, would be cancelled, saving £1.1bn by the end of 2025-26.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget. Download this guide to learn the five things case management software must do.

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‘Crackdown on excessive profits’ pledged as government unveils children’s social care reforms

Community Care

The government has pledged to “crack down on care providers making excessive profit” in children’s social care reforms unveiled today. A key focus of the agenda is the rising cost of care for looked-after children, which the government said had “ballooned” from £3.1bn in 2009-10 to £7bn in 2022-23.

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Commonwealth Young Carers Urge Heads of Government to Support the Young Carers Charter

International Federation of Social Workers

Eighteen young carers from eleven Commonwealth countries have created a video promoting the Commonwealth Charter for Young Carers, urging leaders to endorse it at their October 2024 meeting in Samoa. […]