Community Care
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
In her time there, she has been instrumental in minimising long-term detentions of people with learning disabilities under the Mental Health Act 1983. ” Anybody can just fill out a form and the outcome from that is day care, respite, home care or residential care. But does it matter?
Community Care
APRIL 8, 2022
Vacancies continue to be worst in the home care sector, reaching 13% last month, up from 12.8% and care workers 12.2%. Also, employers have been permitted to recruit care workers from abroad since February – but only if they earn £10.10 in February and 7.6% in May 2021. this month, to £9.50
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Community Care
OCTOBER 21, 2022
At the same time, providers’ recruitment and retention difficulties were exemplified by the fact there was a drop of 50,000 in the number of filled roles in the sector from 2020-21 to 2021-22, despite rising demand for care. ‘Step change’ needed including improved pay. Photo: Kate Terroni/CQC. BIA shortages.
KVC
APRIL 18, 2024
KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed.
Community Care
JANUARY 30, 2023
The letter follows concerns from social care leaders about the government’s allocation of £200m to the NHS this winter to help reduce delays by block-booking care home placements for up to four weeks. This is in addition to £500m made available for a wider range of services to reduce delays, including home care.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
. “It is also adding to the endless pressures we see with ambulances and hospitals, and adding to the pressures we see in our communities, [including] more people requesting help with mental health and domestic abuse, [and] 2.2 million hours of home care [that] couldn’t be delivered in the first quarter of this year.
Community Care
JANUARY 25, 2022
Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Members have said they have got worries about their mental health and their ability to provide services.
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