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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

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.”

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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.

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Personal perspectives on the Care Workforce Pathway

Social Care

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.

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Meet the Morgan County DHS Team: 100+ Years of Dedication and Expertise

CO4Kids

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.

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‘How reablement can better support independence and quality of life’

Community Care

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.