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Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund

Community Care

Councils will be able use a £15m international recruitment fund to source social workers from overseas to work in adults’ services, the government has confirmed. While vacancy rates rose for council adults’ practitioners from 2020-21, from 7.5%

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Adult social care vacancy rate hits 10%

Community Care

Vacancies continue to be worst in the home care sector, reaching 13% last month, up from 12.8% and care workers 12.2%. In relation to filled posts, nursing homes were most badly hit, with a fall of 6% since March 2021 and a drop of 8.5% among care worker posts specifically. Withdrawal of government funding .

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. As well as assessing individual authorities, the CQC will also draw on data and performance information to track and report on national trends, as it did in the State of care report. .”

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NHS to get most of £500m winter adult social care funding

Community Care

The DHSC said that, in most areas, prioritising home care would have the greatest impact on reducing delayed discharges to social care. Last Friday, the County Councils Network said that three-quarters of its members were planning to tighten eligibility for adult social care due to inflation and mounting demand.

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

Community Care

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services urged the government to “move at pace” in tackling the issue, while the British Association of Social Workers England said the figures were “not a surprise” as practitioners’ working conditions had been “deteriorating year after year”.

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10 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Social Workers

KVC

child welfare services are provided or managed by the government agency in each state. These agencies investigate reports of abuse and neglect, and work closely with the court system to decide whether or not to remove a child from their home. In the U.S., They are also active in politics at all levels.