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Is there a disconnect between the front line and senior management?

Community Care

. ‘Crucial for leaders to keep up with practice’ It is crucial that leaders, inspectors, policy makers and academics keep up with the realities of frontline practice, the review stated, though MacAlister’s recommendation was rejected by government. “You get a much cleaner, more sanitised version of it.

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NCCPR News and commentary round-up, week ending Januaruy 28, 2025

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Interviews with boarding school survivors, child welfare leaders and tribal members reveal a mix of concern and cautious optimism that the work [former Interior Secretary Deb] Haaland set in motion will continue. Hawk writes: Every time I was placed, it was in a non-Native household.

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Lemn Sissay: ‘All care stories should be successful ones’

Community Care

Before our meeting, Id spent most of the previous year conducting interviews that reflected on social work over the past five decades – including the progress the profession had made – for Community Cares 50 th anniversary. You can spot it in every interview, talk or documentary.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I’ve always felt most comfortable working with the sickest of the sick, and I have a lot of sympathy and empathy for their plight because I’ve increasingly noticed that they are most neglected by treatment providers and the government. I’ve detailed high profile cases based on media reports and my interviews with family members.

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Infants at greater risk from growth in parental mental health and substance use issues, say councils

Community Care

Phase 9 of the series covered 2022-24 and was based on data from 124 local authorities, extrapolated to cover all 153 councils, survey responses from 86 authorities and interviews with 34 directors of children’s services. from 2020-24.

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Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS president’s message to next government

Community Care

The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in its first 100 days in office, the incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) president has said. Labour has said it will take forward the reform, if elected.

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Government proposes disability benefits overhaul in face of ‘spiralling’ caseload and costs

Community Care

The government has proposed overhauling a key disability benefit in the face of its “spiralling” caseload and costs, in a move labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” by charities. This is based on a submitted form, with accompanying medical evidence, and a phone or video-based interview. to 2.8m (29%).