Social work news

• Fitness to practise cases should take no longer than six months, say social workers

  10-04-2024 19:29
  
  Social Work England recently revealed that fitness to practice (FTP) case lengths will rise from their current average of just over two years due to budget pressures.
  The regulator said its likely government funding settlement for 2024-25 meant it would be unable to increase the number of final FTP hearings it held, increasing waiting times for practitioners.
  However, according to respondents to a recent Community Care poll that amassed almost 700 votes, the current case length – from
  
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• Seven more councils chosen to test family support and child protection reforms

  10-04-2024 15:54
  
  Seven more councils have been chosen to test the government’s family support and child protection reforms.
  They will join the existing three families first for children pathfinders in testing the changes, which are designed to ensure families receive better and earlier support to help resolve their needs and strengthen the quality of child protection practice.
  What the reforms comprise
  The reforms, set out in the 2023 Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy, comprise: Setting up mul
  
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• News story: Government confirms scope of Essex mental health inquiry

  10-04-2024 15:03 via gov.uk
  
  Department publishes terms of reference for statutory inquiry following deaths of NHS mental health inpatients in Essex
  
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• Guidance: Lampard Inquiry: terms of reference

  10-04-2024 14:00 via gov.uk
  
  The Lampard Inquiry (formerly known as the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry) will examine deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2023.
  
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• DHSC sets out plans for funding adult social care training

  10-04-2024 11:52
  
  The government has set out some of the details of its new fund for subsidising training for adult social care staff.
  Adult social care providers who directly employ care staff, including councils, will be able to claim up to £4.5m each towards training courses for care staff and continuing professional development (CPD) for regulated practitioners in 2024-25.
  Though the full value of the adult social care training and development fund will not be revealed until the summer, it will be signi
  
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• Open call for evidence: Non-medical support for disabled students in higher education

  10-04-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Call for evidence to help improve non-medical help provision for disabled students in higher education.
  
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