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Press release: Government explores mediation with junior doctors’ committee
via gov.ukBoth parties have agreed a preferred mediator - the union and the government will now begin the process of engaging with them -
Mandatory child sexual abuse duty plan dropped in pre-election legislation rush
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.A planned new duty on staff working with children to report child sexual abuse (CSA) was dropped in last week’s pre-election rush to pass legislation.
The government’s Criminal Justice Bill fell in the so-called ‘wash-up’ period between prime minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to call an election last Wednesday (22 May) and the end of the parliamentary session last -
Social workers’ encounters with dogs: addressing the evidence gap
By Denise Turner
Social workers may encounter dogs in their practice in multiple ways.
These include home visits, making court recommendations in which decisions about child placements are affected by whether a family relinquishes its dog, or assessing the suitability of dogs in the homes of foster carers.
In cases of domestic abuse, people may be reluctant to leave a dangerous situation due to their dog, or dogs may have to be re-homed anonymously in order to prevent the perpetrator from locati -
Assistant Team Manager
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National reckonings and public inquiries: what scandals come next?
via theguardian.comAfter the Post Office, infected blood, Grenfell Tower, Windrush and more, what could fall on the next prime minister’s watch? Reckonings with shocking national scandals have lately become a defining feature of British public life.Some, like the Post Office and infected blood scandals, have erupted from cases of wrongdoing hidden in plain sight. Again and again, whistleblowers are shown to have been sidelined, ignored and dismissed. Continue reading... -
COSLA pay offer to council staff at ‘limit of affordability’
Scottish local government body COSLA has issued a pay offer to council staff for 2024-25 that it says is at the “limit of affordability”.
Under the proposal, social workers and other Scottish local authority staff would receive a 2.2% pay rise backdated to April 2024 and a further 2% in October this year, extending until October 2025. The proposal is worth about 4.2% over 18 months or 3% on an annualised basis.
According to the Scottish Government, its £14bn settlement for -
The Guardian view on private equity and public services: this trend needs reversing | Editorial
via theguardian.comFrom railways to nurseries and children’s homes, investors are taking advantage of chances to siphon taxpayer funds offshoreSector by sector, private equity is making deep inroads into UK public services. More than a decade ago, the collapse of Southern Cross, the private-equity-owned care home operator, revealed the havoc that can be wreaked when essential public services are run by heavily indebted businesses with complex financial structures. Typically, such owners maximise profits by u -
‘No one would accept blame’: Carers highlight DWP failures over debt crisis
via theguardian.comCarers asked to repay sums as high as £20k say officials did not share eligibility information between departmentsCarers put through the wringer of carer’s allowance overpayments raise the same question time and again: they weren’t aware they had infringed benefit rules but welfare officials were. Why were they not told, rather than overpayments being allowed to run on for months, landing them with debts of thousands of pounds?For thousands of carers who unwittingly breached ca -
‘It feels like contempt’: DWP tells 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k
via theguardian.comCypriot-born Sia Kasparis, who speaks limited English, was not told about disability premium overpayment for several yearsEighty-five-year-old Sia Kasparis was in her hospital bed in the living room of her small north London flat when there was a knock at the door.The grandmother-of-five has been bedbound for the last two years, the result of a collapsed vertebra and a range of other health problems, including vascular dementia, heart failure and kidney disease. Continue reading... -
‘It feels like contempt’: DWP asks 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k
via theguardian.comCypriot-born Sia Kasparis, who speaks limited English, was not told about disability premium overpayment for several yearsEighty-five-year-old Sia Kasparis was in her hospital bed in the living room of her small north London flat when there was a knock at the door.The grandmother-of-five has been bedbound for the last two years, the result of a collapsed vertebra and a range of other health problems, including vascular dementia, heart failure and kidney disease. Continue reading... -
Next government urged to wake up to UK’s ‘shocking’ levels of child poverty
via theguardian.comCharities call for law within first 100 days after general election to ensure annual rises in the financial help parents receiveThe next government should pass a new law within 100 days of winning the general election that would commit ministers to eradicating child poverty for good, the five biggest UK children’s charities say this weekend.The organisations demand legislation in the first king’s speech that would include plans for a “child lock” – equivalent t -
Union threatens court action over council plan to cover social work strike
A union has threatened court action over a council’s plan to bringing in an external service to cover mental health social workers during a nine-week strike over staffing levels in their teams.
UNISON has sent a legal letter to Barnet Council’s chief executive, John Hooton, stating that the planned move is unlawful ‘strike breaking’ and urging the authority to desist or risk court action.
However, the council has maintained that its action is both lawful and necessary to -
Independent report: Making prevention everyone’s business
via gov.ukProfessor John Deanfield’s vision for a modern, personalised heart health prevention service. -
Monetising children in care is morally bankrupt | Letters
via theguardian.comDavid Scattergood on how the work of independent fostering agencies is offering a glimmer of hope and Peter RC Williams on the government’s obligations. Plus a letter from Nina Lopez and Tracey NortonGeorge Monbiot is right to highlight the state of the free market in children’s social care (How can a child in care cost £281,000 a year? Ask the wealth funds that have councils over a barrel, 18 May). With more children in care now than ever before, children’s residential a -
Family safeguarding founder recognised in Frontline Awards 2024
Sue Williams, the mind behind the family safeguarding model, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to children and families in the second annual Frontline Awards.
Her award was presented by chief social worker for children Isabelle Trowler, who described Sue as “a leading light in bringing change and innovation to children’s social care across England”.“Her incredible tenacity, intellectual clout, creativity and commitment to the sector has made a huge and -
Form: Secretary of State direction to admit a child to an academy
via gov.ukForms to be used by local authorities for requesting that the Secretary of State for Education directs an academy to admit a child. -
News story: Ofqual Chief Regulator preferred candidate
via gov.ukSir Ian Bauckham CBE has been announced as the preferred candidate for the role at Ofqual following a recruitment and assessment process. -
Bill to end profit from children’s care placements in Wales published
Legislation to end profit-making from the provision of children’s care placements in Wales has been published.
The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill would permit only not-for-profit organisations and councils from providing fostering, children’s home or secure accommodation placements.
The reform would make Wales the first UK country to ban profit-making from both fostering and residential services.
However, following concerns during consultation that the reform would disrupt the s -
Decision: FE Commissioner intervention report: The Cornwall College Group
via gov.ukFE Commissioner's intervention report summary on The Cornwall College Group and the Apprenticeships and Skills Minister's response. -
Correspondence: Closed financial health notice to improve: The Cornwall College Group
via gov.ukA revised financial health notice to improve issued to The Cornwall College Group by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. -
Correspondence: Notice to improve: Weston College of Further and Higher Education
via gov.ukA notice to improve, issued to Weston College of Further and Higher Education. -
Form: Net capacity assessment tool
via gov.ukA tool to measure net pupil capacity in schools. -
Open consultation: NHS Constitution: 10 year review (easy read)
via gov.ukTell us what you think about our ideas for changes to the rules and promises the NHS makes. -
News story: New measures to tackle student visa abuse
via gov.ukNew proposals will further crackdown on student visas, ensuring only genuine students can come to the UK; route will be kept under review. -
Most social work students in Northern Ireland struggling financially, but executive says it cannot afford bursary rise
Most social work students in Northern Ireland are struggling financially but the region’s executive says it cannot afford to increase the payments they receive.
Almost three-quarters of students said they were unable to make ends meet (23%) or struggling to do so (50%), in response to a British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW NI) and Social Workers Union (SWU) survey, whose results were published this week.
Majorities of respondents said they were heating their homes l -
Most social work students in NI struggling financially, but executive says it cannot fund bursary rise
Most social work students in Northern Ireland are struggling financially but the region’s executive says it cannot fund an increase in the payments they receive.
Almost three-quarters of students said they were unable to make ends meet (23%) or struggling to do so (50%), in response to a British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW NI) and Social Workers Union (SWU) survey, whose results were published this week.
Majorities of respondents said they were heating their homes -
Most social work students in NI struggling financially, but executive says it cannot afford bursary rise
Most social work students in Northern Ireland are struggling financially but the region’s executive says it cannot afford to increase the payments they receive.
Almost three-quarters of students said they were unable to make ends meet (23%) or struggling to do so (50%), in response to a British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW NI) and Social Workers Union (SWU) survey, whose results were published this week.
Majorities of respondents said they were heating their homes l -
‘She has been dedicated to the families of Swansea for over 20 years.’
For Community Care’s 50th anniversary, our My Brilliant Colleague series invites you to celebrate anyone who has inspired you in your career.
In the latest entry, Kate Ronconi, a principal officer at Swansea Council’s care and support unit, celebrates her colleague Carol Jones, the team manager of the council’s supported care planning team, who is affectionately known as ‘The Oracle’.Carol Jones has been dedicated to the families of Swansea for over 20 years.
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Open consultation: Proposal for a ‘tie-in’ to NHS dentistry for graduate dentists
via gov.ukSeeks views on a proposal that would ensure that graduate dentists spend at least some of their time delivering NHS care after they complete their training. -
Official Statistics: Serious incident notifications: 2023 to 2024
via gov.ukAnnual statistics for England on serious incidents that involve death or serious harm to a child due to abuse or neglect, and any death of a looked-after child.
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