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Forget tax cuts and help the vulnerable

04-03-2024 21:32 via careindustrynews.co.uk

CAMPAIGNERS are calling on the Chancellor to stop thinking about tax cuts and start thinking about caring for the oldest and most vulnerable.Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Independent Care Group (ICG) says it is time to properly fund social care and help those who need support.ICG Chair Mike Padgham said: “Nobody wants to pay too much tax, but there is a tipping point where we have to stop looking at tax cuts and lowering public spending and start thinking about those vulnerable pe

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Care home stars Nicole and Sioned hailed as role models

04-03-2024 20:28 via careindustrynews.co.uk

Two young women from Gwynedd have been hailed as “role models” after rising through the ranks to top jobs at a care home.Nicole Davies, 27, and Sioned Jones, 26, signed up with the Step into Care programme which was run by the Pendine Park organisation in partnership with the Prince’s Trust nearly eight years ago and have never looked back.They completed a three-week course which included a week’s work experience at Pendine’s Bryn Seiont Newydd in Caernarfon which s

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Just How Much Time Do Your Managers Have?

04-03-2024 20:19 via careindustrynews.co.uk

The adult social care sector is grappling with mounting operational costs, including essentials like utilities and staff wages, which are struggling to keep pace with inflation. This predicament poses significant hurdles for recruitment and retention within the industry.In response to these challenges, there’s a growing adoption of various digital innovations in care settings, such as electronic care plans, medication management systems, sensors, wearables, and assistive technologies. Thes

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We must end the callous disregard for child refugees | Letter

04-03-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com

News that child asylum seekers were told to guess who would be placed in foster care is distressing and dystopian, say a group of organisations including the Refugee CouncilOne of the 13 reports by the independent borders inspectorate finally released last week details a series of disturbing findings about unaccompanied children seeking asylum, including the appalling revelation that they were forced to play a game which involved them guessing who would be the next one to be placed in foster car

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‘A huge step back for the city’: people in Birmingham on council budget cuts

04-03-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com

Proposals to reduce funding for services from bin collections to social care, arts and libraries leave many worried for the futureIt wasn’t long ago that the people of Birmingham were being told the city was on the brink of a “golden decade”, with record levels of investment off the back of events including the Commonwealth Games and the arrival of HS2.Now the council has declared itself effectively bankrupt and councillors will decide on Tuesday whether to approve a range of p

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