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Adult social care vacancy rate fell last year, data suggests

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Staff vacancy numbers in adult social care services fell last year, early data suggests. As of December 2024, 7% of roles in independent sector adult social care providers in England lay vacant, down from 7.6% in April 2024, according to the Skills for Care (SfC’s) figures.

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Film Review: A Real Pain Exposes Isolation and Trauma Through a Two-for-the-Road Dramedy

The New Social Worker

A Real Pain gently addresses myriad examples of intergenerational trauma that run the gamut from a lack of self-respect to self-loathing, leading to an inability to connect with others and the devastation of failed relationships. Read our review.

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“The hospital staff were texting with [the child welfare agency] about the dilation of her cervix”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

One state allegedly maintains a secret docket of pregnant women. For those on it, it is alleged, this state will rely on a network of informers to plunder confidential records and spy on any mother they deem high risk. The state may even seek custody before the children are born. You may be surprised at which state it is. A lawsuit was filed last week that alleges the following: A pregnant woman was reported to a state family police agency despite no allegation of abuse or neglect.