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40% of people delayed in hospital awaiting social care package

Community Care

Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. The figure, revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures, came as council leaders criticised ministers for a narrative of “blaming” social care for delayed discharges.

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Omicron infections in wider workforce ‘adding pressure’ to ‘exhausted’ social workers

Community Care

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% Mounting staff shortages. to 9.4% , from November to December 2021, up from 6.1%

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Social Work With Adults

We have done this in collaboration with our colleagues in the social care workforce who, together with us, work alongside people and communities to enable them to lead the best possible lives. We have also continued to provide support to retain and sustain the social work workforce.

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Diana Lee Guida Brown

Social Work Blog

Diana’s first job as a social worker at Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital earned her recognition by Glamour Magazine (September 1965) as being a “Girl with Go Jobs.” Other “Go Jobs” would include being Chief Social Worker at the Archdiocese of Newark Mt. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. Thomas, Publisher.)