Community Care

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Scottish and Welsh governments are seeking an urgent meeting with the Home Office to raise concerns over its now-mandatory requirement for UK councils to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The Welsh Government also expressed concerns about the mandatory regime and the UK government’s wider asylum policy. Related articles.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Outer borough of Haringey tops UK league for low-paid jobs relative to local cost of living Campaigners have demanded higher pay for social care workers in the capital, as new analysis put the outer London borough of Haringey at the top of the UK league for jobs paying below the real living wage. Continue reading.

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Social Care

JULY 28, 2022

Householder, London. Homeshare programmes across the UK work and support people in their local area to live sociably and affordably, whatever their age. The Homeshare UK team work with our network of providers to tackle these issues, whilst bringing joy to people's lives. Support and kindness. It’s like a dream come true.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

UK medical records over 21 years show both groups survived less time after diagnosis than white counterparts Britons of black and south Asian origin with dementia die younger and sooner after being diagnosed than white people, research has found. South Asian people die 2.97 years younger and black people 2.66 South Asian people die 2.97

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 29, 2021

My friend Jean Bell, who has died aged 62, was an artist and craftswoman and a much-loved founding member of the L’Arche community in south London, where 100 people with and without learning disabilities share life together. Jean was born in Lambeth, south London, to Gladys (nee McLean), a housewife, and Harold Bell, a builder.

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Community Care

MAY 15, 2023

The ratio between the numbers of staff and the people they support is not safe in UK social work services, say two-thirds of practitioners. Social workers’ wellbeing, measured using the Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, had remained relatively consistent UK-wide since phase two of the report, at around 20.3,

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The Guardian

MAY 23, 2023

Wages remain a problem, but rising numbers of skilled non-EU workers appear to be helping the NHS, social care, and indeed the overall UK economy The UK public policy landscape is littered with disasters.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

As part of my involvement with MQ, I have networked with other researchers focused on suicide prevention and presented my work in London and New York. In London, I was able to connect with one of my mentors on the project, Dr. Petr Slovak, in person. MQ’s research team are based in London, UK while you’re in the US.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In January of this year, research by Kings College London found that many intensive care workers in the UK's National Health Service were experiencing severe symptoms of anxiety , depression and post traumatic stress disorder after the first wave of COVID-19. said Jennifer. “

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Social Work Awards

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

About Ashley Ashley was taken into care at the age of four, growing up between several different foster families and children’s homes across South London. Ashley has produced features and podcasts including the exploration of growing up in care, racism, and the lived experience of black students in the UK.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Latest updates: PM questioned over 2020 Christmas party; Sage says pre-travel PCR tests would be ‘valuable’ in fighting Omicron spread Israeli doctor believes he caught Omicron at London medical conference Johnson doesn’t deny Christmas party held at No10 during lockdown Covid variants may not evolve to be less dangerous, says UK expert Jacob Rees-Mogg (..)

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The Guardian

APRIL 3, 2023

My friend and mentor Peter Westland, who has died aged 90, was one of the first directors of social services in the UK, and later had a significant influence on social care at the Association of Metropolitan Authorities (AMA), where he campaigned against the marketisation of care services. Continue reading.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Most asylum-seeking children – 52% – were in the care of local authorities in London or the South East in March 2021, a decline on 56% the year before. Waiting in care can mean multiple moves to different homes and a high level of uncertainty. This can pile trauma on top of trauma.”.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 24, 2023

Cottrell commissioned the plan alongside the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who also spoke at the launch at the Quaker Friends House in London and said he wanted to “rebuild something broken”. Continue reading.

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Community Care

JANUARY 27, 2022

The social work academic appointed to lead the review, Dr Ray Jones, said: “Workloads are pretty busy, the workforce is not as stable as it might ideally be and some of the trends in terms of increasing numbers of children and young people coming into care reflect what’s been happening in other UK nations as well. “So,

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Community Care

AUGUST 1, 2023

A “tail of very bad employers in the social care sector” are exploiting overseas staff brought to the UK to fill gaps caused by endemic low pay, a government adviser has warned.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It operates 36 homes, mostly in the south-east of England around London, and is one of several UK private care chains bought in recent years by Revera Inc, a Canadian care company. Revera is, in turn, wholly owned by the pension fund for Canadian federal government workers, a C$230bn (£150bn) investment firm.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The idea is nothing new in other countries, but the UK has been slow to develop housing schemes for older LGBTQ+ people.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

As part of my involvement with MQ, I have networked with other researchers focused on suicide prevention and presented my work in London and New York. In London, I was able to connect with one of my mentors on the project, Dr. Petr Slovak, in person. MQ’s research team are based in London, UK while you’re in the US.

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Social Work Awards

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ashley was taken into care at the age of four, growing up between several different foster families and children’s homes across South London. Ashley has produced features and podcasts including the exploration of growing up in care, racism, and the lived experience of black students in the UK.

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Community Care

JANUARY 16, 2024

The most significant staffing pressure, reported by 87% of providers, was the need to increase pay in line with rises in the statutory national living wage (NLW) or the voluntary real living wage or London living wage. The NLW rose from £9.50 per hour last year, a 9.7%

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Hospice Chaplaincy

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Paul and Sally Nash live in Birmingham UK and married in 1986. They are both ordained Anglicans, both Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioners (although opposite types), both support London football teams […]. Sally Nash on their current research “The Sibling Support Project.”

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 14, 2023

Towards the end of April (2023), researchers, data scientists, clinicians, and experts by experience came from across the UK to attend the two-day event held in the London HQ of Deutsche Bank. Dr Amy Ronaldson, an MQ Research Fellow and pictured above, shares her highlights of attending the experience.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 29, 2023

MQ Mental Health Research and the University of Glasgow, with support from The Lord Mayor's of London, have collaborated to help the UK better respond to the mental health issues arising from the ongoing cost-of-living-crisis. Whilst the recommendations made in the report are for the UK, they are applicable worldwide.

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MQ Mental Health

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On 22nd September from 12 noon UK time, MQ will host its online Mental Health Data Science meeting. The final session – mind, body, brain – will be chaired by Robert Stewart (King’s College London). As usual, the meeting will be free to attend, meaning that anyone can access the ground-breaking research discussed throughout the day.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Director at Haringey council for the past eight years, she has been with the London borough, where she also lives, for 30 years, the length of her social care career. If you see black women in leadership positions people understand they can do that.” ” Tarka’s appointment also stands out for another reason.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For the second year in succession , the increase has been driven almost entirely by increasing numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in the UK, revealed the Department for Education’s (DfE) annual looked-after children’s statistics, issued last week.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The NRPF rule excludes most temporary migrants in the UK from access to benefits, homelessness assistance or social housing through their local authority. The children in the SCRs studied were often malnourished, lacking access to healthcare, and living in inappropriate or insecure accommodation such as overcrowded housing.

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Social Work With Adults

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Since then, there has been a call for acute attention to be given to issues of structural and institutional racism in the UK and the social work sector is no exception to this. Looking ahead Neil is now working with the AMHP Leads Steering Group to move things on with an Anti-Racist Practice Working Group.

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Community Care

MAY 9, 2023

Global majority is a collective term for ethnic groups that constitute approximately 85% of the global population and is considered to be an alternative to the term Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic in the UK.

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Social Work Awards

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Ashley was taken into care at the age of four, growing up between several different foster families and children’s homes across South London. I’m delighted to be involved with the awards again this year, and I’m looking forward to shining a light on the outstanding social work happening across the UK.”

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fresh from having a new paper published, Professor Louise Arseneault, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Kings College London, joined the MQ Open Mind podcast team, Professor Rory O’Connor and Craig Perryman, to chat about collaboration in research. This move took her career to the next level of impact.

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 10, 2022

Even before the lockdowns and social distancing that were brought on by the pandemic, around 5% of adults in the UK reported feeling lonely. Loneliness is a growing problem in modern day life. And ONS data shows that 3.7 million people reported ‘chronic loneliness’ in 2021 following a year of COVID restrictions. But what are the facts?

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MQ Mental Health

AUGUST 30, 2023

An MQ funded study, run by Professor Rory O’Connor and his team at Glasgow University, conducted a study that investigated whether a programme of telephone support, developed for veterans in the US, can be adapted to fill the urgent need in the UK. This simple programme is now being implemented across the UK, helping to save lives.

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The Frontline

MAY 26, 2021

What is interesting to me is there are two things that stand out about how George was killed by a police force, led by a government not too dissimilar to ours in the UK. I worry because in the UK, not enough is being done to tackle institutional racism, or even accept that it is an issue that is living and breathing in our country.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 25, 2022

This year we are collaborating with HDR UK's new hub - DATAMIND - who is working to enable researchers and stakeholders to find and use UK's rich datasets and health records for mental health research. The symposiums highlighted some of the best work in the field, focused on a pressing issue of today’s society: Suicidality.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 16, 2023

Dr Gemma Knowles, from the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, said: “The paper answers a broad question. In the UK, they were more than twice as likely to experience economic hardship relative to top quintile earners. For people already on low incomes, the anxiety about losing their job was overwhelming.

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