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The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

Community Care

When speaking to Elaine James, her passion for upholding the rights of people with learning disabilities is almost infectious. This is also evident in her accomplishments as the head of service for learning disabilities and preparation for adulthood at Bradford council. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote?

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed.

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Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

Community Care

The long-awaited reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 and action to deliver “fair pay” for staff in adult social care are also included in its first legislative programme since taking office this month. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

It said ICBs and councils should jointly draw up a plan for a neighbourhood health and care model including the six core components, which NHS England said were based on existing good practice. According to NHS England figures , ICB funding for adult social care through the BCF was 2.92bn in 2023-24. in 2025-26.

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One in eight councils moved to ‘life and limb care only’ for at least some people over Christmas, warns ADASS

Community Care

This was laid bare by a National Care Forum survey, also released today , showing members in the home care and residential care sectors were running vacancy rates of 18% in addition to 14% absence rates last week. to redress the situation over the winter and relax immigration restrictions for the sector.

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

Gaps in care for people with more complex needs Authorities reported gaps in care for people needing specialist dementia care, autistic people, those with learning disabilities and people with mental health needs.

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Funding boost for councils not enough to address ‘disastrous’ state of social care, warn sector bodies

Community Care

More on adult social care pressures. Seven in eight commissioners paying below ‘minimum rate for home care’. CQC joins call for care staff pay boost to prevent ‘tsunami of unmet need’. Experienced care staff earn 6p an hour more than newcomers. an hour in the national living wage (NLW) from April 2022.