Charities call for social care ‘workforce crisis’ to be addressed
The National Care Forum (NCF) has called on the health and social care secretary to take immediate steps to ensure older people are not...
Pay boost for Leonard Cheshire frontline workers
Leonard Cheshire has invested an extra £7m in its frontline staff in the UK, lifting the lowest paid ‘well above’ the national minimum wage...
CCN warns against centralisation of social care
Council leaders have warned against a ‘knee jerk’ centralisation of social care in the aftermath of Coronavirus.
The County Councils Network (CCN) said moving away...
Children’s care system ‘becoming unsustainable’
The number of children being placed in council care could reach almost 100,000 by the middle of the decade – up from 69,000 in...
Salutem partners with Innovating Minds to deliver trauma-informed care
Salutem Care and Education’s children’s division is partnering with community interest company Innovating Minds to deliver trauma-informed care.
The collaboration aims to support the skill...
Resident dies in Connington Court fire
A female resident has died after a fire broke out at a northeast London residential care home for adults with learning disabilities at around...
Funding pledge to train more social workers
An extra 900 children’s social worker roles will be created over the next two years after the Department of Education (DoE) pledged £45m to...
Care group chair warns against more ‘drift’
The government needs to focus on making a real change in social care in 2019 and not allow ‘another year of drift’.
In a New...
Care England fears services ‘will go under’ due to wage increases
Stretched providers are being ‘attacked from multiple sides’ and will need help implementing wage increases that are due to come into force this year.
Care...
Plans to cut number of people in long-stay institutional settings published
Individuals with a learning disability and autistic people will receive more focused community care as part of plans to reduce the number in long-stay...
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