Community Care

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The local government pay dispute for England, Wales and Northern Ireland remains unresolved following a meeting between the three unions last week. 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.

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2023

UNISON is calling on social workers and other council staff in England and Wales to back strikes after opening its industrial action ballot on this year’s council pay offer. A yes vote could lead to walkouts by the union – which represents an estimated 40,000 social workers across the UK – this summer.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

” Higher pay in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Care workers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in publicly commissioned services are currently paid a minimum of £10.90 an hour, in line with what was, until recently, the UK real living wage (RLW). Last month, the foundation increased the UK RLW to £12 an hour.

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Community Care

JUNE 6, 2022

The pay claim, for 2022-23, from UNISON, Unite and the GMB, covering staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, would see salaries rise in line with the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation in April, which was 11.1%, or £2,000, whichever is higher for the individual. by the Local Government Association (LGA).

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Socal workers registered in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland may practise in England on a temporary basi s, which Social Work England assesses based on how frequent, regular and long-lasting their work is. It is an offence to use the title social worker, or falsely represent yourself as one, with the intent to deceive.

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Community Care

APRIL 3, 2023

Proposal for mandatory reporting IICSA recommended that the UK and Welsh governments legislate to require “mandated reporters” to report child sexual abuse to the relevant local authority or to the police, whenever they receive a disclosure from a victim or perpetrator, witness CSA or observe recognised indicators of the crime.

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Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

pay rise for council social workers and other local authority staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 2023-24. to local authority social workers, a better deal than those accorded to NHS practitioners in England and Wales and Cafcass family court advisers (FCA). Unions are seeking a 12.7% This was worth 4% to 6.6% in 2024.

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Community Care

AUGUST 22, 2022

New providers seeking to register with Care Inspectorate Wales would have to demonstrate not-for-profit status from 1 April 2026, with existing for-profit firms needing to transition by 1 April 2027, under new primary legislation sought by the Welsh Government.

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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

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. Of the 406 social worker respondents to phase six, 174 were from Northern Ireland, 104 from England, 68 from Scotland and 60 from Wales. Overall, 78.8% worked some overtime, compared with 69.9%

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2022

The parts of the Coronavirus Act enabling temporary registration of practitioners in England and Wales will expire at midnight on 24 March. However, temporary registration will not end at this point, but when the UK and Welsh governments, respectively, declare the coronavirus emergency at an end. How big are your caseloads?

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The Guardian

JANUARY 19, 2023

give more than 50 hours a week, as care system struggles with rising demand Five million people – including children as young as five – provide unpaid care to people with long-term health conditions or problems related to old age, census data for England and Wales has revealed. Figures show 1.5m of the population to 4.7%.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Social Care Wales: £80. Practitioners trained outside the UK face additional fees. Scottish Social Services Council: £80. Northern Ireland Social Care Council: £65. Health and Care Professions Council: £98.12 (plus one -off scrutiny fee £68.68, though newly qualified staff pay 50% fee in first year).

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

The biggest social work union, UNISON, is preparing to ballot its members to take industrial action over this year’s pay offer from council bosses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The OBR’s prediction for RBI across 2023 has since come down, from 10.7%

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Social Care

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Person centred care is an ideal pursued throughout the UK. Meanwhile, in Wales, personalised care is one of ten national design principles to drive improvement in health and care. 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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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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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2023

UNISON, which represents an estimated 40,000 social workers across the UK, said it was balloting its members to gauge whether they would consider striking for an improved deal. Unions are threatening strike action over the £1,925 pay offer made by council leaders to social workers and other local authority staff for 2023-24.

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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. It would cost an expected £1.4bn, ADASS said. The call comes with : Vacancies up to 9.1%

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Community Care

APRIL 26, 2024

In Wales, the government has embarked on a 10-year programme to create its own national care and support service , covering both children’s and adults’ services, and providing care free at the point of need.

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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

APRIL 12, 2023

This will mirror approaches in England, with the assessed and supported year in employment , Wales ( the consolidation programme ) and Northern Ireland ( the assessed year in employment ). “SASW are pushing government to urgently act to ensure the workforce is better supported.”

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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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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) found that UK local authorities explored the possibility of reuniting just 233 children in care with family members in a different country in 2018-20, with an “extremely low”112 being placed. A UK social worker and an overseas social worker may both complete part of the assessment.

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Social Worker Social Services Social Services Communication 287

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

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

MARCH 10, 2023

Duty to remove asylum seekers Clause 2 of the bill would place a duty on the home secretary to remove anyone who entered the UK after 7 March 2023, without the right to do so or the right to remain, and without having come directly from a country in which their life and liberty was threatened.

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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.

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Community Care

MAY 20, 2022

The NSPCC reports that, from 2015-20, an average of 58 children under 15 died each year in the UK due to assault or undetermined intent, that the homicide rate in England and Wales was highest for children under one and that a parent or step-parent was most commonly suspected of killing children in England and Wales.

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The Guardian

APRIL 22, 2022

Prof Donald Forrester said the case highlighted critical issues affecting many children’s social services in Wales, ranging from social worker capacity and staffing shortages to high and increasing numbers of children being taken into care. Continue reading.

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Social Worker Social Services Social Services 53

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. Considering a pan-Wales review of approaches to child protection conferences to identify best practice.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2023

Those in Wales will increase by 5.5%. Social worker pay latest Most public sector social workers in England and Wales are covered by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, whose employers have offered staff a rise of £1,925 or 3.88%, for those currently on £49,950 or above.

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Community Care

JUNE 8, 2022

Of 6,471 UK social work job adverts posted on websites including Community Care on 20 April and 20 May, just 1,212 (19%) offered part-time or flexible hours, found the Social Workers Union study. The proportion was even lower (15%) in Wales, which accounted for 9% of the jobs. By Patrick Grafton-Green.

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The Guardian

MAY 4, 2023

A review of events in spring 2020, when almost 20,000 care home residents died with Covid in England and Wales, found it was the result of “letting one of our most important public services languish in constant crisis for years”. Continue reading.

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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 64

The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Next week, a ballot opens that could see nurses in England and Wales go on strike for the first time. With around 10% of care home posts also unfilled, the UK is facing an unprecedented workforce collapse (the previous highest number of NHS vacancies was 111,864 in 2019). Continue reading.

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Hospitals 73

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. Wales saw the biggest rise in the proportion of part-time/flexible roles, from 14.6% It found: 77.4% (3,635) were available only on a full-time basis.

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