Community Care

JUNE 7, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Mounting social care costs will leave English councils facing a £6.2bn financial black hole over the next two years, the Local Government Association has warned political parties ahead of the general election. The LGA calculated that authorities would need an additional £4.7bn in 2025-26, compared with 2024-25, to maintain services at existing levels, but would only be able to cover half of

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The Guardian

JUNE 7, 2024

Local agencies’ involvement with Alphonsine Djiako Leuga and her daughter will be subject to inquest and ‘full review’ On the last few occasions Alphonsine Djiako Leuga was seen in her neighbourhood, she is said to have told shopkeepers that she could not afford to heat her home or buy food for her disabled daughter. Months later, Leuga and her teenage daughter were found dead inside their Nottingham home.

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Community Care

JUNE 7, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The proportion of social work roles advertised as part-time or flexible hours has grown for the second consecutive year but remains at less than a quarter. Almost a quarter of positions (23.1%) were advertised as either part-time, part-time or full-time or available on a flexible-hours basis, found a Social Workers Union (SWU) study of online job postings in April and May this year.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor President Joe Biden on June 3 issued an Executive Order (EO) to temporarily suspend the processing of most asylum claims at the southern U.S. border when the seven-day average of unauthorized crossings exceeds 2,500 people. The executive order, which became effectively immediately, declares that: Unless there are exceptional circumstances, migrants who cross the Mexican border without authorization would not be eligible for asylum and will be subject to

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