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1 year ago
Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role
The government will strongly encourage councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability SEND provision it said today It confirmed its support for authorities appointing designated social care officers DSCOs in its improvement plan for SEND...
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1 year ago
Councils no longer getting additional payments for taking asylum-seeking children from hotels
The Home Office has ended a scheme to give councils additional payments to incentivise them to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from hotels on its scheduled date As of today authorities will no longer receive for each child they...
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1 year ago
A good casework relationship and Buddhist philosophy
International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Thus far casework practice has been based solely on reason In this article we propose that to form a good casework relationship between worker and client it is important to adopt a mental state that goes beyond reason This refers to a state of mind wherein the workers themselves abandon their attachment to the 'self' obsession with the self...
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1 year ago
Systems for challenging adult social care decisions failing, warns rights regulator
The system for challenging councils on their adult social care decisions is failing those who need it the Equality and Human Rights Commission EHRC has warned Inaccessible information complicated and stressful processes and a lack of advocacy were undermining people's...
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1 year ago
Unavailability of beds, doctors and transport increasing risks for those in crisis, warn AMHP heads
An unavailability of mental health beds doctors and transport are leading to severe delays in Mental Health Act MHA assessments that are increasing risks to people and their families That was the warning from approved mental health professional leaders...
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1 year ago
Family Court Adviser (Social Worker) – Private Law, Maidstone
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1 year ago
40% rise in number of social workers quitting children’s posts annually over past five years
The number of children's social workers quitting their posts annually has risen by in five years Department for Education figures have shown While councils lost full-time equivalent FTE staff in the year to September this jumped to...
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1 year ago
Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum
Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news events conversations tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week From the soaring vacancies in the children's social work sector and Community Care's Festival of Learning...
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1 year ago
Ten Ways to be an Ally as a Social Worker
As we continue our conversations around celebrating LGBTQ month we wanted to share some practical tips on how to be an ally Brittany Bernard is in Frontline's curriculum team and currently undertaking a PhD exploring how social care can be more inclusive of LGBTQ people...
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1 year ago
Council social workers offered ‘full and final’ £1,925 pay rise for 2023-24
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll Council leaders have offered social workers and other care staff in England and Wales a pay rise for - matching...