Government Hospital Discharges Social Worker 
Community Care
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The number of social workers employed by council adults’ services in England has reached a new record high, official figures show. The rise in staffing numbers is likely to reflect an injection of government grant funding and council tax receipts into adults’ services from 2023-25. in 2022-23 to 8.8%
Community Care
MARCH 3, 2025
These were equity in experience and outcomes; partnerships and communities; safe pathways, systems and transitions; governance, management and sustainability, and leadership, improvement and innovation. Though there were high numbers of reviews overdue, this had reduced since October 2023, with partners praising the timeliness of reviews.
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Community Care
JANUARY 18, 2023
Hospital social workers should be reinstated onto wards to support people to achieve better outcomes on discharge, amid the current severe pressures on the NHS and social care. Managing chaos, doing our best for patients and supporting each other: hospital social work under Covid.
Community Care
DECEMBER 19, 2022
An increase in adult social care funding next year should deliver “tangible improvements” to services, the government told councils today. The government said it would be providing an additional £2bn in social care grant in 2023-24 compared with 2022-23, though most of it is not new money. in real terms (9.2%
Community Care
JANUARY 25, 2022
Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% Mounting staff shortages. to 9.4% , from November to December 2021, up from 6.1%
Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Regulations require them to consult the relevant local authority before making a decision about a person’s eligibility and to co-operate with the council about arranging for its staff, such as a social worker, to participate in the MDT.
Community Care
APRIL 28, 2023
Three in ten of the social workers whom Tarka and her colleagues lead are black, Asian or from an ethnic minority, but this diversity is not reflected in adults’ services’ leadership cadre. “I was fortunate to qualify as a social worker and then did a masters in strategic leadership.
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