International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A three-year global comparison of the working conditions of social workers, just published in The British Journal of Social Work, finds that ‘social workers across the world are exposed to […]

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CO4Kids

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Back to Blogs News & Press CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month DENVER (Oct. 24, 2024) — The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) is committed to making sure that survivors of domestic violence, as well as their children and families, are able to safely get the services and resources they need in order to thrive.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Image: Jioji Ravulo, Malakai Waqa Kaitani, Nathan Chong-Nee, Andrzej Frank, Yvonne Crichton-Hill, At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, a team of six social workers, including representatives […]

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Community Care

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Children’s services in Worcestershire have returned to council control after being run by a trust for five years. Worcestershire Children First (WCF) is being wound up with its former staff having been transferred to Worcestershire County Council, which is now back in charge of children’s services in the area, as of 1 October 2024.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Though royal commissions have a bad reputation, this is a real chance to establish a realistic plan before it is too late A collective groan greeted the rumour that the government will announce yet another royal commission on social care. The fear is that it just kicks this problem into the blue yonder; it was Harold Wilson who jibed that royal commissions “take minutes and waste years”, which can be politically convenient.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The planned fair pay agreement for adult social care is likely to increase costs to councils, as well as those funding their own care, the government has said. Providers have limited scope to absorb the expected boosts to staff pay and conditions by improving productivity, narrowing salary differentials or squeezing profits, according to an impact assessment of the proposal contained in the

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