Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function.

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Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) called on NHS and local authority leaders to establish the teams in guidance on their use of the Better Care Fund (BCF), under which they are required to pool resources to tackle government priorities. in 2025-26. The DFG must be spent in accordance with an agreed BCF plan, the DHSC said.

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Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In response, many local and state governments are raising their lowest wages above the federal minimum wage set in 2009. People with disabilities and their families suffer the most serious effects of staff turnover. Use open and transparent communication strategies. But what exactly makes a good supervisor?

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Government. How much drinking is too much?

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Community Care

MARCH 26, 2025

However, the SWIP, which would replace the children’s assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), at least in local authorities, is not certain to go ahead as it is dependent on the Treasury providing sufficient funding in the forthcoming government spending review. Build and maintain impactful relationships with children.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Government. How much drinking is too much?

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Government safeguarding advisers set out a series of recommendations for improving care, social work practice, commissioning and regulation in residential services for disabled children and those with complex needs, in a report last week.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. It also warned that there were signs councils were withdrawing resources from discharge planning for people subject to the MHA.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, rather than statutory principles, it recommended a new provision, placed at the beginning of the MHA, requiring the government to draw up the revised MHA code of practice having regard to and including the principles set out in the independent review.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

All but six of services surveyed reported a shortage of carers to meet local needs, particularly for teenagers, large sibling groups, children with disabilities and parent and child placements. Governments should review fostering allowances to ensure they cover the full costs of looking after a child. Social work turnover concerns.

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Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2022

A London borough has agreed to pay £2,500 to a disabled boy and his adoptive mother after issuing care proceedings on “incomplete and flawed information”. It said that there was no record that the council communicated the potential change in the plan for Y to Ms X and neither did it discuss other options for support that were available.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2024

In fact, in a Relias-conducted survey , a majority of direct service providers, who work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, said showing appreciation for their work and experience could make them stay on the job. As a leader, it’s imperative that effective communication be a priority.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Mediator : They facilitate communication and resolve conflicts between individuals or within families to promote healthy relationships. This rapport-building process creates a safe space for open communication. This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

More people face paying for their care after means-testing thresholds were frozen for a 13th consecutive year, the government announced this week. Reform delay The capital limits had been due to rise to £20,000 and £100,000, respectively, in October of this year, under the government’s proposed adult social care charging reforms.

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Relias

APRIL 24, 2023

One example of how companies do this is by providing multiple means of communication. Studies have shown that somewhere from 50% to 80% of adults with autism also live with anxiety disorders, making communication difficult. A multitude of communication options is crucial to equitable employment experiences for those with autism.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

Then, in 2012, she became chair of the mental health faculty at The College of Social Work, the body set up to provide leadership for the profession, which closed in 2015 after the government withdrew funding and it was unable to sustain itself. How integrated is mental health social work across settings?

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“The government has committed to offer more support for carers through its reform funding and there are new rights for unpaid leave in the new Carer’s Leave Act , but that won’t be enough. These scores will inform the single-word rating.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found that Gloucestershire council failed to appropriately assess or meet Miss X’s needs or support her partner, Mr L, in caring for her, leading him to burn out and leave. reassess her night-time needs or communicate properly with her. Related articles.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It followed a late 2020 focused visit to the authority – formed in 2019 after local government reorganisation in Dorset – which warned of serious failings in relation to management oversight and social work practice. ” ‘No strategic response’ to children’s needs.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 31, 2024

They have supported the championing of social workers expertise in communication and relationship skills, together with their broad and specialised knowledge of law, entitlements, and the system. We have also improved safeguarding responses for people experiencing homelessness, through publication of good practice guidance and top tips.

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Community Care

MAY 14, 2023

In P, R (On the Application of) v London Borough of Croydon , P had a range of disabilities, and, in March 2020, aged 25, returned from a specialist college to live with her parents. The judge said that it was for Croydon to make a judgment on the needs that it was under a duty to meet and communicate those intelligibly to P and her family.

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Social Care

MARCH 3, 2022

At Outwood, a specialist residential service in West Yorkshire, we support individuals with learning disabilities and autism who rely heavily on familiar routines and structures, which their families and external carer givers are very much a part of.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

A serious and complex condition is defined as a condition “serious enough to require specialized medical treatment to avoid the reasonable possibility of death or permanent harm” or a chronic condition that “is life-threatening, degenerative, potentially disabling, or congenital; and requires specialized medical care over a prolonged period of time.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

In 2001, the government tasked the former chief inspector of social services with chairing a statutory inquiry into the murder of the eight-year-old Ivorian girl by her great aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao, and Kouao’s boyfriend, Carl Manning the previous year.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead As each day passes, we move farther and farther away from being dominated by the COVID-19 Pandemic that began in 2020. Individuals with disabilities were also disproportionately affected by the hardships of COVID-19 (ACL, 2022) as were immigrant communities (Clark et al.,

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

His work had an immense influence on the field of psychology, and he is widely credited for revolutionising the way people understood human behaviour and communication. Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. Famous social workers 1.

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Relias

JUNE 21, 2023

Since then, DEI efforts in healthcare , government, education, and business have progressed further. Conducting a survey communicates the importance your organization places on DEIB, but it’s important to follow up with changes based on survey results. InclusionHub recommends using survey data for decision-making.

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Relias

JUNE 21, 2023

Since then, DEI efforts in healthcare , government, education, and business have progressed further. Conducting a survey communicates the importance your organization places on DEIB, but it’s important to follow up with changes based on survey results. InclusionHub recommends using survey data for decision-making.

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Healthcare Justice and Corrections Diversity Psychology 52

Social Work Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. Highlights of Connect to End COVID-19’s record of achievement include: In a three-year national communications campaign, NASW and its Chapters administered fact-based information, tools, and training to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence. Article by Kim M. More than 1.2

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The “door could be open to the abuse and neglect” of disabled children due to the government’s cost-driven decision to shelve a planned expansion of advocacy for the group.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“We are keen to establish a dialogue with the new government about this.” However, the CQC said it was concerned that certain groups, such as people with dementia or learning disabilities, risked facing disproportionate levels of delay due to being classified as lower priority. ”

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The Guardian

MARCH 23, 2025

In 30 packed minutes, she had to wake her up, get her dressed, deal with any overnight accidents and mishaps, make her breakfast and have a good chat with her, and get her communicating.

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