Community Care1d
Using co-production to tackle long social care waiting lists
People with care needs and staff have worked together to develop guidance to better support people waiting for social care ...
Community Care2d
Almost one in five councils granted ‘exceptional’ financial support to help balance books
Twenty seven authorities with social services responsibilities allowed to fund services from borrowing or sale of capital receipts ...
Community Care2d
Social workers waiting longer for decisions on fitness to practise investigations
Social Work England took average of 35 weeks to decide whether fitness to practise concerns about practitioners warranted ...
Community Care2d
Social Work England proposes 33% rise in fees this year
Proposal would account for inflation since last rise in 2015 and is designed to shift balance of Social Work England's ...
Community Care3d
What do social workers think of unions’ 2025-26 pay claim?
Most social workers believe the £3000 pay claim is the least they deserve "to be compensated for years of pay cuts" ...
Community Care4d
Toddler’s murder shows need for cross-border child protection guidance, finds case review
The murder of a two-year-old girl by her mother’s boyfriend has highlighted the need for guidance on protecting children when families move across council boundaries, a local child safeguarding ...
Community Care4d
Social workers to sit on panels considering assisted dying requests under amendment to bill
Association of Palliative Care Social Workers and British Association of Social Workers welcome proposal to set up multi-disciplinary panel to review cases ...