Social work news

• The Guardian view on the future of social care: a chance for Labour | Editorial

  08-06-2023 19:30
  
  Conservative neglect of the system has been a disaster. Wes Streeting and his colleagues must show they can do better Two proposals in the course of a week present opposing approaches to England’s care crisis. A government scheme will recruit volunteers to run errands, in a desperate attempt to lessen the problem of people stuck in hospital because they can’t be safely discharged. Tasks, including collecting prescriptions, will be allocated via an app. A far more substantial plan fro
  
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• Labour won’t be able to instantly fix every Tory failure. But social care would be a good place to start | Polly Toynbee

  08-06-2023 18:20
  
  Solving this neglected crisis require money. The problem is: so does every public institution starved of funds since 2010Indignation fatigue makes it hard to keep track of the many public service failures, so social care has fallen from the public eye since Covid – though it goes on getting worse. Its failings block more hospital beds with elderly patients who can’t be released because there’s nowhere for them to go. More people needing care find rising barriers of ever-higher
  
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• Speech: Minister Halfon speech at the Times Education Summit

  08-06-2023 18:18 via gov.uk
  
  Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, Robert Halfon, delivered a speech to the Times Education Summit.
  
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• Policy paper: Vision for a Sheffield Policy Campus

  08-06-2023 12:43 via gov.uk
  
  A Civil Service Impact Plan for Sheffield and the South Yorkshire Region
  
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• Press release: Record number of teachers in England’s schools

  08-06-2023 11:55 via gov.uk
  
  Nearly 48,000 full time equivalent teachers joined English schools in the 2022/2023 academic year, with 2,800 more teachers now in classrooms than last year.
  
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• Research: National behaviour survey reports

  08-06-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Survey findings on behaviour in schools, including school behaviour culture and policies, pupil experience, frequency and impact of poor behaviour and response.
  
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• Policy paper: DHSC counter-fraud strategy: 2023 to 2026

  08-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  How the Department of Health and Social Care plans to prevent fraud, bribery and corruption in its activities.
  
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• Official Statistics: Apprenticeships and traineeships: June 2023

  08-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Monthly apprenticeship starts in England from August 2022 to March 2023.
  
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• National Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2023

  08-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on pupils in schools in England as collected in the January 2023 school census.
  
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• National Statistics: School workforce in England: November 2022

  08-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on the size and characteristics of the schools' workforce in state-funded schools.
  
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• National Statistics: Education, health and care plans: England 2023

  08-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Data on the number of children and young people with a statement of special educational needs (SEN) or education, health and care (EHC) plan in England.
  
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• Estate management competency framework

  08-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Functions, skills and knowledge required to effectively manage the school estate.
  
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• Labour aims to reform England’s adult social care sector if it wins election

  08-06-2023 09:49
  
  Party-commissioned report sets out roadmap for a national care service to tackle inadequate state provisionSignificant reform of England’s beleaguered adult social care sector could be ushered in by the next Labour government under plans that include boosting pay for care workers, expanding the scope of free support and all those who need it getting £50 a week towards costs.A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, requested by the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and commissi
  
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• Labour ‘should fix social care with better pay and free short-term support’

  08-06-2023 01:01
  
  Fabian Society report calling for national care service to be set up and changes to fundingMajor reform of England’s beleaguered adult social care sector could be ushered in by the next Labour government under plans that include boosting pay for care workers, expanding the scope of free support and asking all people to contribute £50 a week towards costs.A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, commissioned by the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the trade union Unison, s
  
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