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£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

Community Care

However, this falls far short of the estimated £1.8bn in extra costs facing councils , chiefly driven by rises in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) and the national living wage(NLW), the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned.

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Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

Community Care

Funding shortfall However, this does not cover the extra costs facing authorities from the impact of the employer NICs rise on the providers that they commission, notably in adults’ services. Were all authorities to do so, this would yield about 970m, some of which would be available for adult social care.

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Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era – Its available now!

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Innovation and creativity are indispensable to empowering social workers and social service organizations to make an impact on the lives of people and societies in today’s world. This book provides a range of innovative practices of social work drawing from alternate theories and with a global orientation.

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Almost one in five councils granted ‘exceptional’ financial support to help balance books

Community Care

Twenty seven of the 153 authorities with social services have been granted EFS, up from 17 last year, reflecting the scale of pressures facing councils in areas including adults’ and children’s services. Financial support granted for 2025-26 Barnet: 55.7m Birmingham: 180m Bradford: 127.1m Cheshire East: 25.3m

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Focusing on Care Reform and the Social Service Workforce During Ukraine Recovery Conference

Social Service Workforce

From 30th June to 7th July, Alliance director, Hugh Salmon, was privileged to be able to join other national and international colleagues in London in supporting a side event, titled "Care Reform: a Ukraine Reconstru

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

Community Care

In an effort to clear beds, the government has provided £700m from December 2022 until March 2023, mostly for the NHS, though chiefly to fund social care services, with the latest £200m tranche of this – announced last week – reserved for care home provision. Risks of ‘poor or potentially illegal practice.

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

Community Care

Adult social care staff are carrying out tasks previously undertaken by the NHS in most areas, without compensatory funding, council heads have reported. Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year.