Quick straw poll: Has the delivery of frontline adult social care services remained high on the agenda for your organisation, despite the economic crisis?
A large majority (84%) of social care workers and managers at the Transforming the Adult Social Care Workforce: Putting People First conference in London on Tuesday said yes.
To kick the conference off, Neil Paterson, head of adult social care workforce development at the Department of Health, explained the implications of the Government's Putting People First strategy.
Then shadow health minister Stephen O'Brien set out his vision of adult social care under a Conservative government, including a home protection scheme for elderly people.
At the break, delegates received voting devices and were asked 11 questions about the future of adult social care in England.
Of the 60 respondents, 41% said they believe adult social care would "get worse" under a Conservative Government, 31% said it would stay the same and 16% said it would improve.
Meanwhile 72% agreed or strongly agreed that the Putting People First strategy will positively transform social care.
Hi Kirsty, we need help- please point me in the right direction! We've developed talent management solutions for the NHS, resource planning, scheduling, recruitment and management of temporay staff but is hoping to add to these tools in the social care sector by not only focusing on the person (the resource) but also arround the work-flow (their daily tasks) in managing the ever growing case-load...hopefully to slow the problems arround staff turn-over. We have great tools, some good ideas but lack the bits in the middle...finding a local authority to sponsor the development and trial it...do you know of someone that might be in a position to help? Best Wishes,
The social work is not like that just giving the needs of the users who need it.But you have check the real status of the people who manage their life with an important process of the basic needs.so you please consider if the person real social worker for the position or otherwise....Because the poverty and illiterate is the basic cause for the misery of the human.so the benefits should go properly to them.