Community Care

JANUARY 11, 2024

The government will give councils funding to train more staff as social workers in adults’ services through apprenticeships. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will give councils and adult social care providers just over £20m between them to fund social work and nursing apprenticeships in 2024-25. The DHSC announced the funding yesterday, alongside its plan to develop a career pathway for adult social care staff, backed by £53.9m in 2024-25 to fund 37,000 care workers to take

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KVC

JANUARY 11, 2024

While foster care can be a crucial safety net for children and families in challenging circumstances, we at KVC know how important it is to help families stay together. Consistent caregiving and stable families are crucial for children. Foster care prevention and family preservation services help families remain intact, allowing children to grow and thrive!

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The Guardian

JANUARY 11, 2024

Fanny Johnstone’s moving account of caring for her father resonates with readers I found Fanny Johnstone’s article interesting in that it highlighted the hope, as opposed to the so-often associated despair, in caring for someone with dementia ( ‘I wouldn’t have missed it for the world’: 10 things I learned when my father had dementia, 8 January ). However, I found the circumstances to be somewhat exceptional.

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Social Care

JANUARY 11, 2024

Social care colleagues will have better training, clearer career paths and improved job prospects following the announcement of government plans to develop the domestic care workforce. The Department of Health and Social Care has unveiled a package of measures that will reaffirm care work as a career, helping to recruit and retain talent by providing new, accredited qualifications, digital training and funded apprenticeships.

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