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Personalisation should be at the heart of good management in social care according to revised management induction standards launched today by Skills for Care.
Personal budgets must be overhauled to ensure older people, particularly those with dementia, can benefit from them, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said today. (Image: Rex Features)
In 2008, care provider Dimensions decided to transform itself in line with the personalisation agenda. It has now recounted its journey in a book. Natalie Valios reports
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Councils have been slammed for denying clients choice and control after Community Care's personalisation survey found restrictions being placed on the use of personal budgets for items including holidays and computer equipment.
A project led by Mind to tackle the low take-up of self-directed support among mental health service users has returned some positive results, writes Jeremy Dunning
As our survey finds social workers are facing ever more red tape, Jeremy Dunning asks why bureaucracy is derailing personalisation and what can be done to rescue the policy
The MS Society has decided to stop providing residential respite services in response to the personalisation agenda. The charity's board of trustees...
Several client groups, including older people and those with mental health problems, continue to face barriers in gaining personal budgets, say social care professionals.
A former Care Quality Commission inspector was arrested today on suspicion of pressurising care providers to pay for favourable inspection reports.
A new training programme will help social care managers improve services and deliver more for less, says National Skills Academy for Social Care head of membershp and engagement Debbie Sorkin.
Care home nurse Sandra Hambett reflects on how she dealt with a seemingly intractable case involving a resident who had developed pressure sores but refused painkillers that would have helped her treat them.
One care home manager asks what support they are entitled to to help them manage their increasing workload.(Pic: Design Pics Inc/Rex Features)
Registered managers are highly committed to their roles but most do not feel valued, a National Skills Academy for Social Care survey has found.
Half of the learning disability services inspected by the Care Quality Commission in the wake of Winterbourne View are not meeting essential standards on safeguarding residents and caring for them. The CQC said the findings were a cause for concern.
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