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Social worker numbers hit new record high in adults’ services

Community Care

The number of social workers employed by council adults’ services in England has reached a new record high, official figures show. However, beneath the England-wise rise in social worker numbers over the past two years were significant regional differences. in 2022-23 to 8.8%

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First council rated outstanding since return of CQC adult social care assessments

Community Care

However, the CQC found Camden had no waiting lists for care assessments, hospital discharge, care home placements, home care services, reablement, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and safeguarding cases.

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Diana Lee Guida Brown

Social Work Blog

Diana’s first job as a social worker at Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital earned her recognition by Glamour Magazine (September 1965) as being a “Girl with Go Jobs.” Other “Go Jobs” would include being Chief Social Worker at the Archdiocese of Newark Mt.

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Reinstate hospital social workers to improve discharge outcomes, PSWs urge Barclay

Community Care

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.

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Omicron infections in wider workforce ‘adding pressure’ to ‘exhausted’ social workers

Community Care

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%

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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

Community Care

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.

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Government Covid funding for adult social care ends

Community Care

“This pandemic is not over, social care staff continue to do their utmost to keep those who draw on social care safe with limited resources. Social care honours colleagues lost to Covid. Government scraps mandatory vaccination for social care staff. With less funding this becomes harder and harder to deliver.”.