The Guardian

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Steve Barclay says home secretary is looking at restrictions after Robert Jenrick proposed banning workers from bringing children The number of dependants that foreign care workers are allowed to bring in to the UK could be cut under government plans to reduce immigration, a cabinet minister has said.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Zimbabweans say they paid large sums to Gloriavd Health Care but got far less work than expected and were squalidly housed A care company serving NHS patients has been charging migrant workers from Africa thousands of pounds to work in the UK when the cost of a visa is only a few hundred pounds, the Guardian has learned.

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The Guardian

MARCH 12, 2024

Grosvenor says it is prevented from making 3,000 visits a week as it pays migrant workers to sit at home because permits not renewed One of the UK’s biggest home care providers says it is paying dozens of migrant workers to sit at home and do nothing because the Home Office has not renewed key immigration permits.

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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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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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Community Care

MARCH 29, 2023

She praised those councils that provided practitioners with temporary accommodation, to allow for a smoother transition, and appropriate training to understand social work practice in the UK before giving them a caseload.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The prime minister is due to face questions on his government’s performance from senior MPs Social care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from the sector, the Commons health committee heard this morning.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Some of those asked to help fill skills gap say they have been effectively paid as little as £5 an hour and charged unexpected fees Foreign care staff invited to the UK to help fix a chronic worker shortage are being “exploited on a grand scale”, a trade union has said, after it emerged some had been effectively paid as little as £5 an hour and charged (..)

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The Guardian

APRIL 23, 2024

Johnny Timpson says he wants to ‘take a stand’ after revelations thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to pay huge fines One of Rishi Sunak’s dementia advisers has resigned over the government’s approach towards unpaid carers, describing the prosecutions of vulnerable people as “beyond the pale”.

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The Guardian

APRIL 7, 2024

million carers in the UK. According to Carers UK , unpaid carers save the UK £162bn a year. Unpaid carers provide support for loved ones – normally parents or children, who are disabled, frail or ill. There are an estimated 5.7 The majority of unpaid carers are women. The 46-65 age group is the biggest unpaid carer cohort.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Age UK has said older people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart failure are increasingly struggling with living in their own homes because of a lack of help with everyday tasks such as getting out of bed, dressing and eating.

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Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

Age UK said LPS had been “effectively kicked into the long grass for a future administration to deal with” – though there is no indication of whether an incoming Labour government would implement the system. What is DoLS? This means that DoLS will likely remain in place for the for the foreseeable future.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The way immigration numbers are reported is a sort of classification error, one forced by the overriding, unquestioned presumption that immigration is bad, that it must come down, and that politicians are in some duel with “hordes” of immigrants who are making their way into the country, managing somehow to vanquish one of the harshest immigration (..)

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

A national support programme for the growing number of overseas social workers in the UK should be “seriously considered”, the British Association of Social Workers has said. BASW made the call after launching its own professional development scheme for new international recruits to UK social work.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Research shows public sector salaries have fallen significantly behind those in the private sector Teachers and social workers have experienced the worst pay growth in the UK in the past decade, while public sector salaries have fallen significantly behind those in the private sector, according to research.

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The Guardian

JULY 30, 2023

More than 700,000 people in the UK look after a relative with dementia. Many feel they can no longer cope with alarming situations where they or their relative are at immediate risk of being harmed, according to Dementia UK. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

AUGUST 25, 2023

Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homes A group of 30 families are suing the UK government, care homes and hospitals over the deaths of their relatives in the early days of the Covid pandemic.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Whether you stop work completely, or reduce it, it is vital to get support About two in three UK adults are likely to become an unpaid carer at some point during their lifetime, according to the charity Carers UK.

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Disability 48

The Guardian

APRIL 18, 2022

Charities highlight plight of hundreds of asylum-seeking children placed in hotels by Home Office Hundreds of unaccompanied children who have arrived in the UK on small boats in the last few months are suffering from hunger and neglect in hotels, charities have said.

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The Guardian

MARCH 27, 2022

Observer investigation uncovers NHS trusts and private care homes charging staff who leave to recoup recruitment costs • Trapped and destitute: how foreign nurses’ UK dreams turned sour International nurses working for NHS trusts and private care homes are being trapped in their jobs by clauses in their contracts that require them to pay thousands (..)

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

ONS analysis shows sector accounting for more than one in 10 of job ads posted online in December Shortages of healthcare workers are fuelling near-record numbers of job vacancies across the UK economy, with the lack of nurses, carers and other staff serving as the biggest recruitment challenge in almost every local authority area.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Support groups say relatives are frightened to speak out about being denied access to elderly residents Two and a half years after Boris Johnson announced the first UK lockdown, and seven months after the last domestic measures ended, some care homes in Britain are still denying people access to their elderly relatives due to Covid restrictions.

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Community Care

APRIL 9, 2024

The Children’s Homes Association’s (CHA) new membership rules also stipulate that members must be ultimately owned in the UK and have at least majority shareholders who are UK-registered taxpayers.

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Community Care

JUNE 28, 2023

This followed feedback that the experiences of overseas social workers had “often been challenging with poor induction and management support” This included a poll on the Community Care site, which found that 48% of readers believed international practitioners were supported badly , on coming to work in the UK.

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The Social Care Elf

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Maisha Kroll reviews a recent qualitative study exploring the help-seeking views relating to depression among older Black Caribbean adults living in the UK. The post How do older Black Caribbean adults view seeking help for depression in the UK? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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The Guardian

JUNE 18, 2022

In the UK, the charity Mind is available on 0300 123 3393 and Childline on 0800 1111. According to The Childhood Trust, the impact of money worries for British families has caused 47% of children to feel stressed, while 21% of parents said their children smile less because of the financial squeeze.

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The Guardian

JUNE 11, 2023

Launched on Monday by the charity ECPAT UK , the legal action argues that the Home Office has “no authority” to place unaccompanied children in asylum hotels, from where scores have been kidnapped by gangs. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

JUNE 26, 2023

Analysis suggests demand for foreign staff has left care homes and NHS open to ‘vulnerabilities’ The UK risks becoming highly reliant on overseas care workers after nearly 58,000 visas were issued for the sector last year, a report says.

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The Guardian

JULY 27, 2023

Judge says Home Office may only use housing arrangement for ‘very short periods in true emergency situations’ UK politics live – latest updates The Home Office’s “routine” housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful, the high court has ruled.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Only a handful of fostering services across the UK now say they have the types of carers they need to meet the demand for fostering places in their area, while the pressures on the system mean that little more than half of foster carers said they could currently recommend the role to others.

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The Guardian

MARCH 4, 2023

Age UK said it was “deeply concerned” about the plight of elderly people whose needs are not being met and urged the chancellor to direct more resources towards social care. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

MAY 8, 2022

Services across country are patchy with some areas ‘treatment deserts’ when it comes to trauma, say experts Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Traumatised Ukrainian refugees who have sought sanctuary in the UK may have to wait two years before they can get specialised therapy to help them heal from the horrors of war, according to experts.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2022

He proposed a June 2026 “sunset clause”, which would mean all remaining EU regulations (the ones imported into UK law after Brexit) would cease to apply beyond that point, unless an active decision had been taken to retain a UK version.

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The Guardian

MAY 15, 2023

Charity says number of potential victims identified via helpline more than doubled last year The number of potential victims of modern slavery in the UK more than doubled to record levels last year, with a particularly sharp increase in alleged exploitation in the care sector, figures show.

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The Guardian

MARCH 10, 2022

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) called for an overhaul of the £6.5bn UK market for children’s residential and foster care, saying it had found “significant problems” with the provision of the privately dominated services.

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Foster Care 70

The Guardian

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Latest updates: Labour says government proposals disproportionately benefit wealthier pensioners UK minister refuses to rule out people having to sell homes to fund care The England social care cap: how will it work and is it fair? Johnson is now defending the integrated rail plan.

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