Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said the measure would show care work was valued and provide staff in England with the recognition counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already received. The minimum wage for staff providing direct care in Scotland is increasing to £10.02 in March.

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The Guardian

MARCH 12, 2024

The case is one of more than 170 examples of abuse and exploitation reported by foreign care workers across the UK in an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and Citizens Advice. Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The row comes with council employers in Scotland having offered staff an improved offer that is, broadly, superior to that in the rest of the UK. However, unions there are also split on their response there, with GMB and Unite suspending planned school strikes to ballot members on the offer and UNISON pressing ahead with walkouts.

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Community Care

MARCH 26, 2024

The nine English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland take it turns to be responsible for receiving referrals, on a rota system, with regional leaders allocating each case to an eligible authority within their area. For many years, we have asserted the need for an efficient and timely National Transfer Scheme (NTS).

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Government announces help for 900,000 households in Great Britain and £600 Northern Ireland payment People living in care homes and on caravan parks can receive £400 to help with their fuel bills as part of a government drive to support all UK households with energy costs this winter. Continue reading.

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Community Care

APRIL 26, 2024

The Scottish Government is currently legislating, through the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill , to enable ministers to transfer social care responsibilities from councils to a new national care service (NCS) or regional boards set up to deliver functions on the NCS’s behalf.

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Social Work Futures

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Scotland’s Futures Forum. Foresight is required to reimagine a resilient Scotland (2021). Futures Toolkit: Tools for Futures Thinking and Foresight Across UK Government (2017). Foresight for Governance in Singapore (2019). South Korea. Applying foresight to policy agenda-setting: A successful case in South Korea (2021).

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Community Care

AUGUST 24, 2023

The nine English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland take it turns to be responsible for receiving referrals, on a rota system, with regional leaders allocating each case to an eligible authority within their area.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Person centred care is an ideal pursued throughout the UK. Lastly, in Scotland, proposals for a National Care Service are underpinned by a desire to place the person at the heart of decision making.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Scottish government promises to tackle health and social care crisis to protect weakest and poorest UK politics live – latest news updates The Scottish government has promised to spend another £1bn on tackling the crisis in health and social care by raising taxes on higher earners and holiday homes.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

All 206 local authorities with responsibility for children in care in England, Scotland and Wales, plus all five trusts in Northern Ireland, must now take part in the national transfer scheme. Councils across UK required to take unaccompanied children. Related articles.

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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. Such a policy is in place in Scotland and Wales , where care staff in state-funded roles receive a minimum rate of £10.90

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The Guardian

JULY 15, 2022

In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support for rape and sexual abuse on 0808 802 9999 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland , or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie.

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Mental Health 63

The Frontline

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To start a conversation from this idea, we wanted to look back on history to highlight a few key moments of LGBTQ+ visibility in the UK since the first Pride march took place in the UK on 1 st July 1972. Ten years later, Stonewall UK would launch the ‘Gay. Alli is also one of few openly gay politicians from a Muslim background.

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Community Care

JUNE 9, 2023

The SWU’s findings on part-time roles The union studied 4,694 UK social work adverts on Community Care, Total Jobs and The Guardian on 20 April and 18 May. Scotland had the highest proportion of part-time/flexible roles, 29.8% (273 out of 944 roles), slightly down on the 2022 rate (30.5%).

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 802 9999 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland , or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations.

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Schools 94

Community Care

MAY 5, 2022

For example, over half of carers subject to allegations did not receive independent support, contrary to statutory guidance and the national minimum standards in England, and recognised good practice UK-wide. Disrupted placements .

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Social Care

MARCH 15, 2023

[Image copyright Carers Trust] Today is Young Carers Action Day I'm Andy McGowan, tthe Policy and Practice Manager for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers at Carers Trust , a UK charity working to transform the lives of unpaid carers. Who are young carers?

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There are 3 main components that make laws different from simple societal rules: Laws are set and established and enforced by government Laws are compulsory Laws involve consequences – which are enforced through the legal system (In the UK this is usually the courts though it can also be tribunals).

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Wales remains the only UK nation not to have commissioned a review of its children’s social care services, after the Welsh Government resisted calls to do so following the inquiry into Logan Mwangi’s murder. ” Related articles.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Around 100,000 civil servants from multiple government agencies have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, pensions and jobs According to Pat Leahy , political editor of the Irish Times, the Irish government is doubtful about the prospect of a breakthrough in the coming weeks in the talks on the Northern Ireland protocol.

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The Guardian

APRIL 21, 2022

Education secretary says his wife occasionally gives their child ‘a light smack’, after children’s tsar called for ban in England The education secretary has rejected calls for a ban on smacking children in England, as he argued that the state should not be “nannying” parents and revealed that his wife had occasionally given their child a “light smack (..)

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Communication 98

The Guardian

AUGUST 13, 2022

Foster carers are in short supply in Britain and confusion over pay may be partly to blame. Here’s what you need to know There is a hug at the end of the novel Matilda that never ends. It is the one Miss Honey gives Matilda when her parents abandon her.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Umbrella body for country’s 32 councils says plans would be too costly and disruptive at time of financial crisis UK politics live – latest news updates Scottish council leaders have called for Nicola Sturgeon’s government to suspend its plans for a new national care service, in a growing battle over funding.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 30, 2022

In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. But it was a great cost to me personally, and I felt that my arm was twisted to do so.” The National Association for People Abused in Childhood ( Napac ) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331.

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The Guardian

MARCH 4, 2022

Anas Sarwar believes totally integrating social and health care is essential to NHS reform Anas Sarwar , the Scottish Labour leader, has pledged to spend nearly £1bn to provide free residential care for all elderly people and free home care in a bid to address Labour’s slump in support.

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