Social work news

• Councils urged to test social work early career framework

  07-03-2024 23:00
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The government is urging more councils and children’s trusts to test its planned five-year programme of support for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) in children’s services.
  The Department for Education issued a second call for bids to trial the early career framework (ECF) today, after selecting eight organisations to do so last year.
  The chosen organisations will help the
  
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• Care home nursing fee gets 7.4% boost in ‘win for sector’

  07-03-2024 21:45
  
  The fee paid to care homes to fund nursing costs will rise by 7.4% from April 2024 in what leaders have described as a “in for the sector”, the government announced today.
  The standard weekly NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) rate will rise from £219.71 to £235.88, while the higher rate will increase from £302.25 to £324.50, said the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
  The higher rate is paid to the relatively few residents who received it when the three
  
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• Care home nursing fee gets 7.4% boost

  07-03-2024 21:45
  
  The fee paid to care homes to fund nursing costs will rise by 7.4% from April 2024, the government announced today.
  The standard weekly NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) rate will rise from £219.71 to £235.88, while the higher rate will increase from £302.25 to £324.50, said the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
  The higher rate is paid to the relatively few residents who received it when the three previous bands were merged in 2007.
  The DHSC said the scale of the i
  
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• Speech: The 2024 Budget and NHS productivity

  07-03-2024 19:42 via gov.uk
  
  The Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, spoke at the Nuffield Trust Summit about the Budget and NHS productivity.
  
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• Press release: Increased 2024 funding for nursing in care homes

  07-03-2024 18:52 via gov.uk
  
  NHS-funded nursing care rates provided to care homes for the nursing needs of their residents are rising in April.
  
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• Using this guidance

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  What you need to know about legal requirements and resources from third parties.
  
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• Statutory policies for trusts

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Information for trust boards and governance professionals on the policies and documents they must have.
  
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• Statutory policies for maintained schools

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Information for governing bodies and governance professionals (clerks) on the policies and documents they must have.
  
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• Maintained schools governance guide

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained schools.
  
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• Academy trust governance guide

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance on strategic leadership and the governance of academy trusts.
  
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• 7. Compliance

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for governing bodies on how to meet its legal and regulatory responsibilities with regards to compliance.
  
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• 6. Evaluation

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  How regular evaluation can be carried out on the effectiveness of governance and the school's performance.
  
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• 6. Accountability

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  How accountability and assurance help to deliver a trust's strategy.
  
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• 5. Governance structures

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  An overview of governance structures and how governing bodies must be constituted.
  
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• 4. People

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Information on governance roles, appointments, support and staff well-being.
  
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• 4. Non-executive leadership

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Information on structures, roles and support.
  
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• 3. Accountability

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Holding school leaders to account for the school’s educational and financial performance and ensuring money is well spent.
  
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• 2. Strategic leadership

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  An overview of strategic leadership for maintained schools.
  
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• 1. Effective governance

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  An overview of the features of effective governance.
  
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• 1. Culture and engagement

  07-03-2024 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  How boards create a culture that motivates and is ambitious for all.
  
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• How portals enable more personalised and cost-effective care

  07-03-2024 13:29
  
  By Chris Sweeney, social care lead, System C
  Integrating technology into public services is about more than efficiency and cost savings. It’s about putting the user – the member of the public or the professionals involved – at the heart of digital progress. 
  The government’s framework on digital social care, What Good Looks Like, says: “A person-centred approach to the design and use of digital technologies can improve people’s quality of life and wellbei
  
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• Is unions’ 2024-25 pay claim for social workers up to scratch??

  07-03-2024 12:54
  
  Unions have once again begun pay negotiations for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including social workers.
  For 2024-25, UNISON, GMB and Unite are seeking a £3,000 or 10% pay rise – whichever is higher for the person concerned.
  And as most social workers earn over £30,000, their pay rise would be 10% under the unions’ proposal.
  The claim goes beyond the current rate of inflation, which was 4% in the year to January 2024, according to the government&r
  
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• Is unions’ 2024-25 pay claim for social workers up to par?

  07-03-2024 12:54
  
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  Unions have once again begun pay negotiations for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including social workers.
  For 2024-25, UNISON, GMB and Unite are seeking a £3,000 or 10% pay rise – whichever is higher for the person concerned.
  And as most social workers earn over £30,000, their pay rise would be 10% under the unions’ proposal.
  The claim goes be
  
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• Official Statistics: Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: March 2024

  07-03-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Official statistics on a range of topics including occupancy, infection control measures and COVID-19 vaccinations in adult social care settings.
  
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• ‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

  07-03-2024 09:45
  
  This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. We will be speaking to key figures who have shaped the last 50 years in social work and those who will shape it in the years to come.
  Mark Allen is the founder and chairman of the Mark Allen Group, a publishing company which employs more than 500 staff and publishes more than 100 titles, including Community Care.Fifty years ago, the same Mark Allen, then a young journalist working in Manchester, res
  
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