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Employment Rights Bill: government to create body to set adult social care pay and conditions

Community Care

The government will create a body to set pay and conditions for adult social care staff in England should its Employment Rights Bill become law. Under the bill, the government would also be able to ask the negotiating body to reconsider proposed agreements.

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Government renews funding to help overseas care staff left without work due to exploitation or visa issues

Community Care

The government has renewed funding to help overseas care staff who have lost work and are facing removal from the UK due to “unethical” employment practices or providers not complying with visa rules. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Agency social work rules to be ‘strengthened’ and extended to other staff

Community Care

The government plans to strengthen recently introduced agency social work rules by putting them into law, in a move dubbed “reckless” by recruitment firm leaders. These are all covered by the existing rules, so it is not clear whether the government wants to strengthen the content of the rules as well as their legal status.

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Government unveils plan to prevent risks to telecare users from digital switchover

Community Care

The government has launched an action plan to safeguard telecare users from the switching off of the UK’s analogue phone network. The switchover was initiated by the telecommunications industry, independently of government, with companies migrating customers to a digital service against an initial deadline of the end of 2025.

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IASSW Statement on the Ukraine

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

We abhor the use of force against the territorial integrity to subjugate any people and urge all nations, government and non-government organizations, to respect human rights, social justice and international laws that uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence.

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Government scraps NAAS social work accreditation scheme

Community Care

However, since its conception in 2014 as a means of assessing social workers against core knowledge and skills requirements, it has been beset by a lack of buy-in from sector bodies and lower-than-expected engagement from practitioners. It is also clear how other government policy commitments tied to NAAS will be fulfilled.

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IASSW’s Message For Peaceful Engagement With Social Justice, Opposing And Condemning Racism, Discrimination And Violence

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

IASSW’s Message For Peaceful Engagement With Social Justice, Opposing And Condemning Racism, Discrimination And Violence. The great religions of the world only advocate peaceful resolution of conflict and complaints.