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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

Best practice would be for the team to include a core group of staff responsible for complex case management, with a care co-ordinator assigned to each person, and an extended team who could be drawn upon for specialist support.

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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

Relias

The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund

Community Care

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said that, though the focus of the fund should be on recruiting care workers, it could also be used to help source social workers, occupational therapists or nurses. While vacancy rates rose for council adults’ practitioners from 2020-21, from 7.5%

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Adult social care vacancy rate hits 10%

Community Care

Vacancies continue to be worst in the home care sector, reaching 13% last month, up from 12.8% and care workers 12.2%. Also, employers have been permitted to recruit care workers from abroad since February – but only if they earn £10.10 in February and 7.6% in May 2021. this month, to £9.50

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. As well as assessing individual authorities, the CQC will also draw on data and performance information to track and report on national trends, as it did in the State of care report.

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NHS to get most of £500m winter adult social care funding

Community Care

The DHSC said that, in most areas, prioritising home care would have the greatest impact on reducing delayed discharges to social care.

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Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum

Community Care

Find out more and register at [link] pic.twitter.com/YJddjqfUg9 — Community Care (@CommunityCare) February 21, 2023 There are four days left to take advantage of our Festival of Learning’s early bird offer, which allows you to register for £28 (excluding VAT) per session.