Social work news

• Guidance: NHS continuing healthcare previously unassessed periods of care (easy read)

  18-03-2025 17:20 via gov.uk
  
  Easy read version of guidance about NHS continuing healthcare previously unassessed periods of care requests.
  
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• Transparency data: Your information rights when DfE collects your personal data

  18-03-2025 17:06 via gov.uk
  
  Your information rights under UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) when the Department for Education collects your personal data.
  
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• Curriculum and Assessment Review publishes interim findings

  18-03-2025 15:17 via gov.uk
  
  Becky Francis and review team publish their initial findings and set out the next phase of work which will focus on four key areas.
  
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• Independent report: Curriculum and Assessment Review: interim report

  18-03-2025 15:00 via gov.uk
  
  An independent review of the curriculum and assessment system in England, with statistical analysis.
  
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• Improving the curriculum and assessment system

  18-03-2025 15:00 via gov.uk
  
  We’re inviting people to share their ideas for potential improvements to the curriculum and assessment system in England.
  
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• Academies accounts return

  18-03-2025 11:34 via gov.uk
  
  Information for academy trusts to complete their accounts return.
  
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• My late husband’s care home owes me £10,000 and won’t pay

  18-03-2025 09:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The council took over the costs for his care and sent the provider a refund for five months of fees I’d paid. But it isn’t passing it onCan you help me get £10,000 owed to me by the care home provider Leicestershire County Care?My husband was resident in one of their care homes before he died in June last year. Because our savings had dropped below the ­government threshold for self-funded care, the local authority had agreed to pay the £5,000-a-month cost. However, b
  
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• ‘Social work around the world’ podcast miniseries launches

  18-03-2025 09:13
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.A new podcast miniseries focusing on social workers from around the world launches this week.
  The number of overseas social workers in the UK has grown significantly in recent years. According to Social Work England data, the number of international practitioners applying to register to practise in England went up by 175% from 2019-20 to 2021-22.
  This new podcast miniseries, part of season t
  
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• Happy World Social Work Day 2025!

  18-03-2025 08:46
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Community Care would like to wish everyone in the profession a very happy World Social Work Day 2025!
  While we know that it’s in the nature of social workers not to blow their own trumpets, we salute each and every one of you for the critical work that you do, and hope you feel today is a day when  you – and the profession across the globe – are truly celebrated.
  We kn
  
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• What does social work in Vietnam and the UK have in common? - British Association of Social Workers | BASW

  18-03-2025 08:00 via news.google.com
  What does social work in Vietnam and the UK have in common?  British Association of Social Workers | BASW
  
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• What does social work in Vietnam and the UK have in common? - British Association of Social Workers

  18-03-2025 08:00 via news.google.com
  What does social work in Vietnam and the UK have in common?  British Association of Social Workers
  
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• Young people to benefit from creative education boost

  18-03-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  New package announced to support young people to access high-quality arts education and enrichment activities as well as AI and tech opportunities.
  
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