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Agency social work rules: ‘hugely frustrating’ delay to DfE consultation response

Community Care

The government has delayed its response to a consultation on controversial national rules to regulate agency social work in England’s statutory children’s services.

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Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care

Community Care

The Welsh Government has opened a consultation on plans to eliminate profit-making residential and fostering provision for children in care. As of March 2021, the rate of Welsh children in care was 115.3 per 10,000 of the population, far above the 67 per 10,000 for their English counterparts.

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Social Work England consults on best interests assessor training standards

Community Care

It has launched the consultation in the wake of the government’s decision in April to delay introducing the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) – its planned replacement for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – beyond the next election, due in 2024.

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Ask Nicole: Partnering with Other Consultants

Nicole Clark Consulting

During a recent partnership experience, a consulting organization contacted me to gauge my interest in developing a proposal for a multi-year project for a funder. The post Ask Nicole: Partnering with Other Consultants appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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Parenting Teens – Accept and manage your role as consultant.

Gary Direnfeld

The teen increasingly moves from seeing and accepting the patent as boss to seeing them more and more as a consultant. As a consultant, the teen takes the expectations of the parent under advisement and then knowing or unknowingly to the parent, makes their own decisions. That is simply part of the growing up process.

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Ask Nicole: We’ve Hired Too Many Consultants

Nicole Clark Consulting

It’s been a while since I’ve touched on a consulting-specific topic, and this month’s Ask Nicole touches on something I’ve been noticing over the past year. Why do nonprofits hire consultants? Specifically, why do nonprofits hire multiple consultants at the same time?

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Referral Versus Embedded Palliative Care Consultation Among People Hospitalized with Heart Failure

CAPC

A summary of a study about the use of an embedded palliative care consultation within a heart failure team compared to a traditional palliative care consultation.