Community Care

MAY 12, 2023

There is “momentum for change” among sector leaders and practitioners to tackle the social work’s mounting workforce “crisis”, according to a Social Work England lead. of FTE children’s services posts were held by agency workers, up from 15.5% in September 2021. At the same time, 17.6%

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JULY 11, 2023

Adult social care vacancy numbers have fallen slightly from an all-time high over the past year, but remain over 150,000, show figures released today. The number of empty posts fell from 165,000 to 152,000 in the year to March 2023, revealed Skills for Care’s annual State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A group picture of students and staff of Bugema University after INSPIRE training in January 2023 In an effort to strengthen the social service workforce in Uganda, the National Association […]

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Community Care

APRIL 20, 2023

Councils should have a bigger role monitoring local residential settings in their areas to better protect disabled children, an inquiry into the abuse of children in three services has concluded. Host local authorities and ICBs should have a strengthened role in overseeing residential settings in their areas.

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Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

Councils would continue to employ social workers and other social work staff under the Scottish Government’s plan to establish a National Care Service across the country. We know too that successful change is driven by the valuable staff who deliver services.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Social workers are overwhelmed by high caseloads and hampered by “highly inconsistent” supervision, Ofsted has found on a visit to a struggling council. It said leaders took swift remedial action to tackle the concerns identified by inspectors, including by bringing in additional social work capacity and expertise.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Investing in social workers in the face of “extremely challenging constraints in funding” has helped a council improve its Ofsted grade from inadequate to requires improvement. Boost to social worker numbers.

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Community Care

MAY 19, 2022

‘Considerable investment’ in social work has helped a council under government intervention since 2017 improve to ‘good’ after successive inadequate judgments by Ofsted. The partnership ended in January 2020 after not delivering as expected , as Torbay’s workforce became increasingly unstable. in September 2018 to 38.7%

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Stoke-on-Trent council is confident of improving on its inadequate rating after Ofsted hailed its “tenacious” recruitment of social workers and “discernible progress” since its damning 2019 inspection. Social workers analyse risks and needs for children effectively and, in most cases, apply the right level of threshold,” it said.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A social work vacancy spike led to delays in permanence for some children at an ‘inadequate’ council last year, but Ofsted has found signs of improvement in its latest visit. The North West council’s children’s social worker vacancy rate rose from 13.6% in September 2020 to 19.6% in 2020-21. Related articles.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The “full spirit of the Care Act” is not being met, the government has said as it plans to reintroduce performance assessments of council adult services. People find adult social care fair and accessible. People can access outstanding quality and tailored care and support. ” Lack of carer support.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

Improvements in child protection practice at an ‘inadequate’ local authority have “accelerated” in the hands of “enthusiastic and motivated” social workers, Ofsted has found. East Riding’s social work vacancy rate increased from 9.3% Improved practice oversight. Recent Ofsted reports.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you join us for our Annual Symposium—to be held virtually during Social Service Workforce Week. Opening Remarks: Rebecca Levy, U.S.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

This should include “fusing” the MHA and Mental Capacity Act 2005 into a single piece of legislation and a new MHA that starts from the rights of service users. An independent voice for mental health service users The joint committee noted there was no independent voice advocating for mental health service users set out in statute.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Introducing specialist child protection social workers is posing workforce challenges for the councils testing the system. Issues included retaining staff, maintaining safeguarding skills among other social workers and avoiding disruption to families as a result of the reform.

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Community Care

MARCH 27, 2023

Social Work England will seek to tackle the systemic causes of fitness to practise issues over the next three years to reduce risks to the public and prevent social workers from enduring lengthy investigative processes.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A council criticised by inspectors for high caseloads has improved to a good Ofsted rating after hiring more social workers to reduce workloads. The council’s full-time equivalent of social workers rose from 345 to 368 between 2017 and 2020, during which time average caseloads fell from 19.5 Direct work praised. Related articles.

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Social Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It was an opportunity to help the health and social care system strengthen leadership and management across both sectors in England. Indeed, as recently evidenced by the announcement of a package of adult social care workforce reforms , the care sector is already re-shaping itself in the spirit of these recommendations.

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Community Care

MAY 22, 2022

The government must introduce national pay scales for social workers, tied to a “vastly improved” learning and development offer, to boosts skills, reward expertise and retain staff in practice, the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care said today. Care review: key social work recommendations.

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Community Care

AUGUST 22, 2022

The proposals , which form part of a cooperation agreement between the Labour administration and the Plaid Cymru group in the Welsh Senedd, would restrict registration of service providers to those operating a non-profit model. ” Reliance on private sector.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

A council’s children’s services have improved to ‘outstanding’ despite being inspected against the backdrop of “extreme” workforce challenges. ‘Extreme’ workforce pressures. ‘Extreme’ workforce pressures.

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JULY 5, 2023

a social safety net for all citizens [was created, providing support] for the homeless, disabled people and older people, obliging local authorities to provide suitable accommodation." For years, social workers have worked alongside health professionals. "[Alongside the birth of the NHS].

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released its mental health workforce discussion draft component of its mental health legislative package (a summary may be found here ). We also mobilized National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Chapters and members and worked in coalition with other organizations.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 29, 2022

With so many recent challenges and experiences in the pandemic, I can’t think of a more suitable title to this blog post, which describes the dignity and professionalism our approved mental health professional (AMHP) workforce as they helped many people through a period of national crisis.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

(Chicago) Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100% since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time. Rubin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CAE, stated, “This is a monumental success for social work in Illinois.

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Community Care

MARCH 28, 2024

And it concluded that the fateful decision to return Finley and his older sister to their parents’ care was the culmination of multiple safeguarding failings by agencies, though acknowledged that practitioners’ jobs were made harder by Covid-19 restrictions and workforce pressures.

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Community Care

MAY 11, 2022

Ofsted upgraded Merton from the good rating it earned in 2017 after finding “skilled, experienced” professionals were making a positive difference to children’s lives, backed by “highly aspirational” leaders who had “strengthened and built on the impressive work at the time of the previous inspection”. over the same period. Related articles.

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Community Care

MARCH 9, 2022

The ‘dysfunctional’ children’s social care market needs an overhaul to tackle high prices, scarce placements and provider debt levels, the competition watchdog has said. With children’s social care currently being reviewed across the UK we want to see our recommendations reflected in any changes to policy.

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Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Department for Education“presumes” it will remove North East Lincolnshire’s children’s social care services from the council unless a commissioner reports “compelling reasons” not to. Following its publication, director of children’s services Lisa Arthey resigned. We will not shy away from this challenge,”.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100 percent since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time. Rubin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CAE, stated, “This is a monumental success for social work in Illinois.

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Community Care

MAY 13, 2022

Inspectors have praised Hull council’s care leaver service in their fifth monitoring visit to the authority since an inadequate rating in 2019. Shane McMurray, portfolio holder for children’s services, said it had been a “key priority” to improve services for care leavers. By Rob Preston and Mithran Samuel.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Among the inadequate-rated councils, the inspectorate particularly highlighted improvements at Surrey and Newham, found disabled children’s services had recovered since a visit last year West Sussex, and said progress was “modest but fragile” at Medway. from reserves to tackle children’s social worker shortage.

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Social Care

JUNE 6, 2023

Having worked in front line services, where no one catches their breath, the feeling of drowning was very familiar. Yet these experiences only strengthened my respect and empathy for health and care colleagues, not just unpaid carers. I cared for my mother, whilst working in a new job at the height of the pandemic.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Most social workers favour retaining the independent reviewing officer (IRO) role, but there is strong support for removing it from councils. The remainder of the IRO role – encompassing chairing looked-after children’s reviews and providing challenge to the social worker – could be picked up by team managers.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A report proposing reforms to agency social work. A proposed national framework , setting standards and outcomes for children’s services. DfE social care strategy: key points Funding: £200m in funding over two years. DfE social care strategy: key points Funding: £200m in funding over two years.

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Social Work With Adults

APRIL 4, 2023

"Although progress towards real and sustained care sector reform remains challenging, the voice of adult social work has a powerful and constructive role to play." The People at the Heart of Care white paper, published in December 2021, set out the Government’s 10-year vision for adult social care.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Sandwell children’s services trust is no longer graded ‘inadequate’, after Ofsted inspectors praised improvements made thanks to the “energy and vision” of new leadership. “Horizon social workers are skilled and knowledgeable,” inspectors said.

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