Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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?

Disability 71

Disability Social Worker Mental Health Hospitals 71

KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

Building Expertise in Serving Children & Families While KVC started as a small group home for boys, we’ve since learned from research that residential group home care is not the ideal living situation for most children. Instead, “Children grow best in families.”

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Healthcare Welfare Mental Health 98

Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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.

Nursing Home 60

Nursing Home Social Worker Therapist Government 60

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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.

Government 49

Government Mental Health Social Worker University 49

Social Care

JANUARY 12, 2024

She feels fortunate to have a good home care provider and explains how identifying the right values and behaviours are crucial. Being on the group was a good opportunity to share my personal experience of extensively drawing on both social care and health care services and from being an unpaid carer for a relative with dementia.

Empathy 10

Empathy Disability Home Care Consultation 10

CO4Kids

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Jacque Frenier The director of Morgan County DHS since 2016, Jacque Frenier started with the department shortly after graduating from Colorado State University and has been with the department for 48 years. Jacque started her career working with developmentally disabled children, youth and adults.

Child Welfare 59

Child Welfare Welfare Human Services Foster Care 59

Community Care

MARCH 14, 2025

Last year, we published evidence-based and practical recommendations for reablement commissioners and providers , developed by researchers from the University of York, to tackle these barriers and ensure more people receive the high-quality support they need and deserve.

Therapist 39

Therapist Engagement Hospitals Recovery 39