Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The government will legislate to create a new type of accommodation for children with complex needs in England who are at risk of being deprived of their liberty. This included frequent changes of placement and social workers, with the lack of consistent relationships being to the detriment of their mental health.

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Community Care

MAY 2, 2024

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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Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2025

The Scottish Government has ditched plans to restructure adult social care in the country into a ‘national care service’ (NCS). Notably, in 2023, the government said it would share accountability for the NCS with the NHS and councils. But this is within the part of the bill that is now being removed from the legislation.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There will be no reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 before the next election, the government has confirmed. Extended the right to an independent mental health advocate to informal (ie non-detained) patients.

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Community Care

MAY 10, 2022

Proposals to overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 will be considered by Parliament over the next year, the government announced today in the Queen’s Speech. They would have to have a co-occurring mental health condition. Mental health services are under severe strain from huge demand and limited resources.”

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Labour Party has pledged to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 if elected to power at the next general election. Prisons and police cells are no place for people with mental ill-health.” Very welcome announcement from @wesstreeting on mental health act reform. ” .” ”

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

We need a government in power who understands that the investment in meeting the needs of all children is not only an investment in the child, but all of society. That will not be a conservative government. This outcome further disables the child come adulthood and also financially burdens society. It is so short-sighted.

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Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

2 These services were defined to include mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and “in-home parenting skills training.” Maybe a parent needs mental health care or substance use disorder treatment, or parenting training and support, or maybe the family needs to do family therapy.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

But before that, her focus was squarely on mental health social work. Having practised in mental health settings after qualifying in the 1980s, she went on to become director of social work in two NHS Trusts. How has mental health social work evolved over recent years?

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Shortages of mental health beds, doctors and transport are leading to severe delays in Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) assessments that are increasing risks to people and their families. In some areas, ambulance crews categorised mental health calls as low or medium priority, increasing waiting times.

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Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 5, 2024

She argues that foster care is a “toxic state intervention that inflicts immediate and long-lasting damage on children, producing adverse outcomes for their health, education, income, housing, and relationships.” We should be asking why the government addresses their needs in such a violent way, (referring to the child removal).

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Tim Spencer-Lane The joint committee on the draft Mental Health Bill was appointed in July 2022 to consider the government’s draft bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) , which is summarised here. Its final report, which includes over 50 recommendations, was published today (19 January 2023).

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Doug Ford’s government through Stephen Lecce, the Minister of Education will be spinning tales hoping to pit parents against educators. Just like this government tried to cut the nurses off at the knees, so too this government is attacking and undervaluing teachers. Don’t fall for it.

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Community Care

JUNE 21, 2024

A proposed dataset on the work of approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) has the potential to showcase the value of the role and secure much-needed investment for it, service heads have said. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. fall the previous year.

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Community Care

APRIL 30, 2024

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. to 2.8m (29%).

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This government provides neither. Indeed, this government vilifies and demeans these valiant, caring, dedicated and talented workers who are mostly women. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2022

The way ordinary residence is determined for mental health aftercare remains unsettled, despite the government winning a court ruling relating to its radical new approach to the issue. Learn about the government’s new approach. High Court rules against government… .

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Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2024

The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983 in England has fallen for a second consecutive year, but significant racial disparities persist, official figures have shown. Though the government has pledged to overhaul the act, it has, effectively, ruled out doing so before the next election. ”

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned. AMHPs making greater use of Mental Health Act powers to tackle crises or suspected abuse or neglect.

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Community Care

JUNE 2, 2023

Approved mental health professional (AMHP) leads have sounded the alarm over the Metropolitan Police’s decision to withdraw from attending mental health-related incidents in London by the end of August. He also said that officers spent, on average, 14.2 hours in A&E and 8.5

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Community Care

MARCH 26, 2025

Over three million families will lose an average of 1,720 per year in real terms by 2029-30, as a result of proposed changes to disability and incapacity benefits, the government has estimated. In today’s spring statement , the government said that the 50 per week rate for new claimants would also be frozen until 2029-30.

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This after a several month stay in the children’s mental health centre to get his schizophrenia under control. I suggested they speak to the opposition health critic in government. I couldn’t live with that. I asked his parents to see me for a private meeting. If not, you are missing many more posts!

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The latest government-commissioned practice guide to what works in children’s social care said interventions for parents of children aged 0-10 could improve parenting practices and child behaviour, lessen levels of stress and support adults mental health.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The “dire state of social care” is among the reasons that the NHS is in a “critical condition”, a government adviser has warned, in a report designed to provide a blueprint for a 10-year plan for the health service. “Financial flows must lock-in this change irreversibly or it will not happen.”

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Swhelper

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Team USA sent athletes from all military branches of our government, and they have […] View Full Article - Netflix’s Heart of Invictus: Raising Wounded Soldiers Awareness

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Over half of carers say they require more recognition of their needs from councils, amid worsening mental health and high levels of overwhelm, driven by a lack of breaks. Far too many carers are not receiving adequate support, resulting in poor mental health and burnout. ”

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Community Care

JANUARY 16, 2023

Some Court of Protection orders for professional reports on people subject to proceedings are “disproportionate, overly burdensome, and wrongly authorised”, mental health leaders have warned. Mental health trust concerns. How the government plans to implement the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This government helped create it. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. It’s here. Now it must answer for it. For that, parents must demand those answers.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Mom has a certificate from the government from a few years ago already, honoring her for 70 years of continuous volunteer service. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Council social worker numbers have increased in Scotland but there are concerns over rising shortages of mental health officers. Growing mental health officer shortage. However, despite the increase in social worker numbers, the shortage of mental health officers has grown, revealed a separate SSSC report last week.

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Community Care

JULY 26, 2023

Police forces across England will, in future, stop attending mental health-related incidents unless there is a significant risk to safety or a crime being committed, and refer cases to health or social care services instead. The Metropolitan Police has estimated that its officers spend, on average, 14.2 hours in A&E and 8.5

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Social Work Blog

JULY 9, 2024

The day began with a briefing to participants on NASW’s priority legislation including a state of play of top-level issues facing each branch of government. Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill gave social workers the opportunity to meet with policymakers to gain support on several mental health bills. Dr. Jaqueline Wade, LCSW.

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Community Care

JUNE 25, 2024

Mental health social workers pose the greatest recruitment and retention challenge for adults’ services, a survey of councils has found. The LGA reported that: 87% of councils had found it very or fairly difficult to recruit mental health social workers over the previous three years: 60% very difficult and 27% fairly difficult.

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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Funding for such services has eroded greatly over the years and most so during the term of the current conservative government. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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Community Care

MARCH 18, 2022

The LPS is the new scheme for authorising health and social care arrangements that give rise to a deprivation of liberty, replacing the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Court of Protection authorisations of arrangements not covered by DoLS. There is as yet no implementation date for LPS.

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Relias

MAY 2, 2022

Those across the United States experiencing or witnessing a mental health crisis will now have a dedicated line to call and talk with a trained counselor. But 988 will need the help of behavioral health organizations to ensure its long-term success. The resultant mental health effects can be seen in the numbers discussed above.

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Community Care

AUGUST 6, 2024

Social care practice leaders have offered their “expertise and support” to the new Labour government in a bid to shape policy on the sector. They said they were particularly well-placed to support the government through their direct connections to frontline social work, AMHP and OT practice, alongside their role as sector leaders.

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