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  • Why are councils spending less on adult social care?

    The annual Local Government Association and Adass survey of councils' adult social care expenditure had a very surprising finding - that spending on adult care by councils in England actually decreased from 2006-7 to 2007-8 by £250m (about 2% ). Interestingly, councils also reported facing lower...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 07-02-2008

  • Re: Social work in the personalisation era

    It looks like Skills for Care is leading some work on defining what adult social work should look like in the personalisation era , in collaboration with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and General Social Care Council. It's due to build on the GSCC-led roles and tasks of social...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-24-2008

  • ECCA: More councils fail to ensure fee rises cover inflation

    The English Community Care Association has published a report saying more and more councils are either freezing fees for care home providers or failing to keep up with inflation at a time of increased costs from rises in the minimum wage and staff holiday entitlements. It's an age-old (well post...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-03-2008

  • Social care conference catering: curried parsnip v jammie dodgers

    by Daniel Lombard Ask any reporters who've covered conferences, particularly the ones involving overnight stays, and they'll tell you that most of the time, they can't wait to get away. Last month came one glorious exception: the Association of Directors of Adult Services' spring seminar...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-19-2008

  • CSCI eligibility criteria review

    The Commission for Social Care Inspection will formally launch its review of adult services eligibility criteria on 1 April (I don't know if that's significant or not!). This was sparked by its third state of social care report , which outlined a two-tier care system with a good level of service...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 03-10-2008

  • Re: Where are all the social work bloggers?

    Are you telling me that social workers don't want to challenge the usual negative view of their profession that thrives online in forums such as fassit and the venerable John Hemming's blog? It's about time they did. The coverage of the recent Nottingham baby story makes you realise social...
    Posted to Student forums (Forum) by Muriel on 02-04-2008
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