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• Significance of social work in England reflected in major new report

  09-03-2023 18:49 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  The role of social work in society is more significant than ever before, according to a major new report.Social Work England, which regulates around 100,000 social workers in England, has shared a unique insight into the state of social work today. Social work in England: State of the nation 2023 brings together data, research and first-hand accounts compiled by the organisation in its first 3 years.Social Work England has worked with social workers, and people with social workers in their lives
  
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• The exodus of social workers is harming young and old alike | Letter

  09-03-2023 18:43
  
  The social care workforce has faced a decade of Tory neglect, writes Dr Phoebe Beedell. Those in need are paying the priceThe net loss of social workers from children and families services should rightly ring alarm bells in Westminster and across the country (Social workers in England quitting in record numbers, 23 February). Sadly, it remains unacknowledged that the largest group of people social workers work with are older people and their carers, the vast majority of whom are living with some
  
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• Berkeley Home Health Somerset & Wiltshire set to increase Care Assistants’ salaries to 40% above NLW

  09-03-2023 18:17 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  Berkeley Home Health Somerset & Wiltshire set to increase Care Assistants’ salaries to 40% above the National Living Wage to service increased local demand.Berkeley Home Health Somerset and Wiltshire Branch have experienced an increased demand for high quality home care in the local area and are set to increase all their care assistants’ salaries to a minimum of £15 per hour. The company is also starting a recruitment campaign which will see them hire between 30 and 60 care
  
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• 99-year-old Joyce takes to the race track for latest ‘bucket list’ adventure

  09-03-2023 17:43 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  Having already ticked-off horse riding and chocolate-making from her ‘Bucket List’, 99-year-old care home resident Joyce Ward switched it up a gear with some high-speed laps of of Goodwood Motor Circuit.
  Joyce, who is a wheelchair-user and lives at Colten Care’s dedicated dementia home St Catherines View in Winchester, will celebrate her 100th birthday in May.To celebrate the milestone, she was helped to compile a list of 10 things she wants to do before her big birthday &ndash
  
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