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. 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%
Community Care
MARCH 3, 2025
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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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
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 24, 2024
Barriers to asset-based approaches Despite the benefits for people like Joanna, many local areas find it difficult to implement asset-based approaches within their social care systems. Project workers bring together local social workers, pharmacists and general practitioners in monthly locality hubs.
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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