Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

In 2001, the government tasked the former chief inspector of social services with chairing a statutory inquiry into the murder of the eight-year-old Ivorian girl by her great aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao, and Kouao’s boyfriend, Carl Manning the previous year. “It But, the crossbench peer says, some of that outstanding work has been lost.

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Community Care

JANUARY 9, 2023

Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals to care homes risk inappropriate placements and neglect the root causes of the acute pressures on the health service. “Most people want to be discharged from hospital back home. ” ‘Disappointing’ narrative on social care.

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Community Care

JANUARY 17, 2023

Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals into care homes may result in “poor or potentially illegal” practice, through people being moving into residential care without their informed consent. Our concern is that with the focus on discharge above everything else,” she added.

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Community Care

APRIL 27, 2022

It also includes provisions to reintroduce performance assessments of council adults’ social services and remove the system by which councils can be fined for delayed discharges from hospital they are deemed responsible for. The Health and Care Bill will now become law, having been agreed by both Houses of Parliament.

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Community Care

MAY 13, 2022

The figure, dating from the end of February, is six times that recorded in September last year, and comes with most directors reporting they have had to prioritise assessments for cases of suspected abuse or neglect, hospital discharge or reablement following a temporary residential care stay. ADASS May 2022 survey: key findings.

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Community Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

The issue in this case was which of two local authorities was responsible for providing and paying for “aftercare services” under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“MHA”) for a particular individual. This sets out that the section 117 duty is triggered when a person ceases to be detained and leaves hospital.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The NHS will be given the majority of a £500m fund for adult social care, designed to speed up hospital discharge and bolster the care workforce. 13,000 people stuck in hospitals. Currently, more than 13,000 people who are medically fit for discharge are stuck in hospital every day.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This was evidenced in the fact that, according to the NHS Confederation, two in five people are not able to leave hospital when ready, in large part because of a lack of social care. Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders. per hour per social care employee. Related articles.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“Things have never been so bad,” for people needing care, carers and staff, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned. million hours of home care [that] couldn’t be delivered in the first quarter of this year.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Home Care 242

Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Practitioners are having to step in to carry out welfare checks on adults going without the care they need due to mounting staff shortages in residential and home care, said the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% to 9.4% , from November to December 2021, up from 6.1%

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Social Worker Hospital Discharges Hospitals Welfare 246

Community Care

JANUARY 13, 2022

The findings come from a snaphot survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) released today, in the context of what the association described as a “national emergency” Relaxing Care Act duties mooted.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

.” She added that, “without proper change we will not be able to meet the growing demand for care, take pressure off the NHS and reduce costs for the health and social care system.”

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Home Care Hospitals Government Social Services 277

Community Care

JUNE 21, 2023

By Mithran Samuel and Dan Parton Adults’ services teams have cut care and assessment waiting lists by 60,000 since last summer and are arranging more home care, but continue to struggle with mounting need. However, the association warned that the increases in care being delivered were not keeping pace with rising levels of need.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

There were 5,666 full-time equivalent (FTE) practitioners working for Scottish authorities as of the end of 2021, a rise of 200 (3.7%) on the previous year, according to the Scottish Social Services Council’s (SSSC) annual workforce data report published this week.

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Mental Health Criminal Justice Social Worker Hospitals 213

The Guardian

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Care and health service bosses say emergency payments would help tackle staff shortages going into winter Social care workers should receive an immediate bonus of up to £1,000 to stop them quitting before the winter and putting even more pressure on the NHS, ministers are being urged. Continue reading.

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

Dealing with shortages of social workers by hiring social work assistants or trainees – for example, those undertaking apprenticeships – who may be easier to recruit. Digital technology can contribute to this, as can people other than social workers.

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Social Worker Rehabilitation Advocacy Recovery 361

Community Care

APRIL 24, 2024

Consequently, we rely heavily on the expertise of IMPACTAgewell to support our service users. They truly make a difference in our service users’ lives to promote independence and confidence at home.”

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Hospital Discharges Social Worker Engagement Hospitals 271

Community Care

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

English councils increased their headcount of adult social workers, including agency staff, from 17,300 to 18,500 in the year to September 2023, a 7% boost, according to annual statistics released this week by Skills for Care. Over the same period, the social worker vacancy rate fell from 11.6%

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments of local authority adult social services are still due to start in a matter of weeks despite the process for doing so not having been agreed. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed that the adults’ assessments were still on course to commence at the start of April.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The lack of an appointed care minister comes with significant decisions needing to be made about the sector including: Whether there will be a delay to the government’s adult social care charging reforms, in the light of the economic situation.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At the same time, 94% of directors reported that they did not have sufficient care staff in their areas to deliver services this winter, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services survey carried out in October and November. Pay care staff ‘much more than national living wage’ – .

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Home Care Hospital Discharges Disability Hospitals 212

Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

300m for adult social care to support hospital discharge. Also, authorities will be able to raise council tax by 3% (up from 2%) and the adult social care council tax precept by 2% (up from 1%), without a referendum of citizens. .” as of March, below over 80% of all job roles in the economy.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In return for £400m in additional cash for 2023-24, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) expects councils to take action in relation to any one of reducing waiting times, addressing workforce shortages, tackling delayed discharges from hospital or improving fee rates for providers.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2023

” For the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, president Beverley Tarka said: “Funding is not keeping up with people’s needs, so fewer can access care and people who can’t afford to pay for care themselves are more likely to be going without the support they need.

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Home Care Government Disability Hospitals 329

Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

The exercises used data supplied by providers concerning their costs, broken down into areas such as staffing, premises, services and supplies and appropriate levels of profit, as of 2021. This was as part of a funding settlement ministers have said would provide councils with up to £2.8bn in 2023-24 and £4.7bn in 2024-25 for social care. .”

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Beverley Tarka this week became the first black president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) since its establishment in 2007. At the same time, much of the resource it has provided is directed towards clearing hospital beds, rather than the vision of social care as a vehicle for better lives.

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Hospital Discharges Diversity Government Disability 229

Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The DHSC had determined Worcestershire to be responsible for the aftercare of a woman, JG, it had placed in a care home in Swindon, after she was then subsequently detained in hospital from there, and discharged again for aftercare. Learn about the government’s new approach. A date has not been set for the hearing.

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Social Work With Adults

JULY 5, 2023

For years, social workers have worked alongside health professionals in hospital settings. Their involvement brings holistic and person-centred approaches to supporting people and their families to access the resources they need to live well in their communities.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care, directors have warned, in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services, directors have said. McClinton said the settlement was not sufficient to help councils increase the rates they pay providers in real terms.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

Why are social workers blamed? In Peter Connelly’s case, for example, both the Metropolitan Police and Great Ormond Street Hospital were criticised in the subsequent serious case review but received little media attention at the time. Two magistrates approved the shortened transition time. It seems nothing has changed.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 10, 2024

I’m sat at the hospital with a client, wondering what I should do. Boundaries aren’t always crystal clear in FSC social work. Just as your GP doctor would see any ailment you had before deciding where best to direct you, or to help you, the FSC social worker is also similar. Its Christmas Eve. It’s nearly 8pm now.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In a snapshot survey of members in November, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services found mounting waiting lists for assessments and personal budgets and a 164% increase in commissioned home care hours left undelivered between May-July and August-September. Other data shows the shortages leading to mounting unmet need.

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Home Care Hospitals Government Social Services 269

Community Care

APRIL 13, 2023

The Welsh Government dubbed the decision to delay implementation of the scheme, which would apply in England and Wales, “deeply disappointing”, with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) also expressing concerns. By reducing the number of assessments required from six under DoLS to three under LPS.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ninety four per cent of directors disagreed that they had sufficient money to fund care over the coming months, while the same proportion disagreed that there were enough social care staff locally to meet needs this winter, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey.

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Hospital Discharges Government Disability Hospitals 253

Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

Care homes or hospitals (‘managing authorities)’ must apply to councils or Welsh health boards (‘supervisory bodies’) to authorise a prospective or existing deprivation. We know that many councils have long delays to assess whether people are getting the right care, in the right place.

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Save the Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Following the stress on social services that has come about as a result of COVID-19, there has been more research sharing about the emotional toll this has taken on social workers. The idea that the organization cares and is available for consultation and support is a great help to these social workers.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The government’s £500m injection of cash into adult social care this winter is a mere “sticking plaster” for the sector’s underlying problems, leaders have warned. However, they said it was insufficient to tackle staff shortages, unmet needs for care and the impact of the cost of living crisis on the sector.

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