The New Social Worker

MAY 12, 2024

As you step into the world with knowledge and a passion to make a difference, remember that your legacy starts now. Every choice you make, every relationship you build, and every challenge you overcome contributes to the lasting impact you will have.

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Community Care

MAY 12, 2024

English councils have been invited to sign up to a scheme to highlight, and thereby tackle, racial inequalities in their social care workforces. Skills for Care has opened registration for the 2024-25 social care-workforce race equality standard (SC-WRES) , under which councils collect data on nine metrics comparing outcomes for black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and white colleagues.

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The Guardian

MAY 12, 2024

‘Colossal’ costs of disease include health and social care as well as societal costs such as legal fees and lost economic consumption Dementia could cost the UK almost £91bn a year by 2040, as the number of people affected rises inexorably, a study has found. The “colossal” costs of the disease are likely to more than double from an already “staggering” £42.5bn today to £90.6bn, according to research undertaken for the Alzheimer’s Society.

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Community Care

MAY 12, 2024

Revisions to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 code of practice are still under discussion two years after proposed changes were consulted upon. That was the message from care minister Helen Whately in response to a parliamentary question from shadow justice minister Alex Cunningham earlier this month. Cunningham had asked if a revised code would be published before the election , due by January 2025 but expected to take place in the autumn of this year.

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