Social Work With Adults

DECEMBER 1, 2021

At least £150 million to support adoption of technology and digitalisation. Increasing the upper limit of the Disabled Facilities Grant. Funding the vision. People at the heart of care ' sets out priorities for the £1.7 billion investment and includes: At least £300 million to integrate housing into local health and care strategies.

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Engagement Therapist Adoption Social Worker 28

Social Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Yet, providing unpaid care to someone who has a health condition, who is older or who has a disability, can have a profound impact on their health, wellbeing, paid work and relationships. People don’t see themselves as unpaid carers but as partners, wives, husbands, sons, daughters, and close friends first. Image created by freepik.com ].

Adoption 18

Adoption Consultation Disability Hospitals 18

Irish Social Worker

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Do we strive to adopt that cornerstone of trauma-informed care, of meeting the person where they are at, in the midst of their reality, with their lived-expertise guiding the way. She was writing in relation to the recent public outcry in respect of the abuses in residential services for people with intellectual disabilities.

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Criminal Justice Adoption Advocacy Counseling 22

Social Work With Adults

MARCH 19, 2024

This year's theme focuses on social workers' capacity to adopt innovative and community-led approaches. To mark the day, I’m delighted to present this blog from Jak Savage MBE , social care consultant and individual employer of personal assistants (PAs).

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Hospital Discharges Social Worker Adoption Disability 13

Community Care

MARCH 16, 2023

In its draft children’s social care strategy, published for consultation last month, the DfE said that feedback from the profession had found that “ years 2 to 4 of social workers’ career are often the toughest as they lose the support provided by the ASYE”, which the ECF would seek to address. The regulator said 9.5%

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Social Worker Diversity Adoption Disability 54

Community Care

MARCH 28, 2025

Keir Starmer has failed to confirm the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), with the scheme to provide therapy for children and families just days from ending. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Adoption Therapist Welfare Self-harm 71

Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

Learning disability and autism exclusion A topic that dominated debates in the Lords was the position of people with learning disability and autistic people. The bill would prohibit people being detained for treatment under the MHA solely on the basis of learning disability or autism.

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Mental Health Disability Hospitals Government 51

Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

Labour will consult widely on the design of this agreement, before beginning the process and learn from countries where they operate successfully. Labour will work with local government to support children in care, including through kinship, foster care, and adoption, as well as strengthening regulation of the children’s social care sector.

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Government Hospital Discharges Mental Health Youth Worker 67

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 109