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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

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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DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

Community Care

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals.

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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

Community Care

In relation to hospital discharge, she said: “There are a lot of local authorities paying for recovery or rehabilitation services. But as social care directors report, at present there is only limited availability of preventative services, and the government must do more to help both social care and the NHS.”

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Improving Employment for Workers With Autism

Relias

If private and not-for-profit organizations can fill the gap left by government agencies, this could really help teens and young adults with autism to navigate the transition to adulthood, learn how to get and maintain a job, and improve their communication and soft skills.

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Apprenticeship power

Social Care

At Cygnet, we specialise in mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism." He started working at Cygnet St Augustine’s, a specialist high dependency inpatient rehabilitation for men in Staffordshire, several years ago as a Support Worker. “I Image created by freepik.com ]. Boosting our specialisms.