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Children will not get adequate abuse protection from government response to CSA inquiry, warns chair

Community Care

Children will not get the protection they deserve from the government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), its chair has warned. The government said it would introduce a redress scheme following “extensive engagement” on the nature of the scheme, though without setting a timeframe for this.

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When Governments Practice Foresight

Social Work Futures

What does it look like when an entire government or a large government agency commits to a futures lens? Africa Foresight Academy (both private sector and government mentioned). Foresight, insight and oversight: Enhancing long-term governance (2019). Foresight for Governance in Singapore (2019). The Next 25 (2021).

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Legislate to limit social workers’ caseloads, Senedd members tell Welsh Government

Community Care

The paper was based on a 10-month inquiry designed to examine what the Welsh Government’s 2021 commitment to “explore radical reform of current services for children looked after and care leavers” should mean in practice.

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Cap on care costs: government reportedly planning delay of a year

Community Care

Council leaders have welcomed reports that the government will delay implementing its cap on care costs for a year, but warned that the funding allocated to the reform should be retained by authorities. Delaying the reforms would have echoes of previous decisions by Conservative-led governments to first defer, and then drop, similar changes.

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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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Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

Community Care

The government will “strongly encourage” councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, it said today. In the improvement plan, the government said the role would “provide the capacity and expertise” to improve social care input into SEND provision.

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Government drops pledge to invest in new social work training routes

Community Care

The government has dropped a pledge to invest in new social work training routes as part of a halving of committed spending on developing the adult social care workforce. However, in November last year, the government announced a two-year delay to the reforms, recycling £3.2bn to help councils meet current pressures.