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First council rated outstanding since return of CQC adult social care assessments

Community Care

However, the CQC found Camden had no waiting lists for care assessments, hospital discharge, care home placements, home care services, reablement, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and safeguarding cases.

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

Community Care

Regulations require them to consult the relevant local authority before making a decision about a person’s eligibility and to co-operate with the council about arranging for its staff, such as a social worker, to participate in the MDT.

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Government Covid funding for adult social care ends

Community Care

“This pandemic is not over, social care staff continue to do their utmost to keep those who draw on social care safe with limited resources. “We are hearing from providers who currently have up to 30% of their workforce off sick, and therefore unable to provide care for older and disabled people in the community.

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ADASS president: ‘If you see black women in leadership, you believe you can achieve that too’

Community Care

Three in ten of the social workers whom Tarka and her colleagues lead are black, Asian or from an ethnic minority, but this diversity is not reflected in adults’ services’ leadership cadre. “I was fortunate to qualify as a social worker and then did a masters in strategic leadership. ”

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Good ratings for first three council adult services assessed by CQC

Community Care

And the regulator hailed social workers’ strengths-based approach to to practice, with assessments and care planning reflecting what people wanted to achieve and how they wished to live their lives. There were also shortages for people who needed complex dementia care, demand for which was increasing as the population aged.

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World Social Work Day: lived experience informs the very best social work

Social Work With Adults

Jason Brandon, Office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults: It’s National Social Work Week , one of the most important events in the social work calendar. This year's theme focuses on social workers' capacity to adopt innovative and community-led approaches.

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Achieving change in adult social care

Social Work With Adults

Amongst other papers, I found a CQC special study on hospital discharge from 2004, the 2008 End of Life Care strategy (another hot topic as the Assisted Dying Bill progresses) and from 2009, a vision to reform our care and support system to establish a National Care Service.