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Government drops pledge to invest in new social work training routes

By on April 11, 2023 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The government has dropped a pledge to invest in new social work training routes as part of a halving of committed spending on developing the adult social care workforce.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed last week…

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New training routes into social work pledged in adult care white paper

By on December 1, 2021 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Story updated, 2 December 2021
The government has pledged to invest in new training routes into social work as part of its white paper on adult social care reform, published today.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said…

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Increasing qualification levels, linked to pay, under consideration in adult social care workforce strategy

By on May 2, 2024 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Increasing qualifications levels for the adult social care workforce – linked to higher pay – is among the ideas under consideration by the group developing a 15-year strategy for the adult social care workforce.
Other potential proposals include providing registered…

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‘A kick in the teeth’: DfE axes social work leadership training scheme

By on April 17, 2024 in Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

The Department for Education has axed a social work leadership training programme in what has been described as a “kick in the teeth” for the profession.
The DfE will not renew funding for the Pathways programme when its initial two-year…

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DHSC sets out plans for funding adult social care training

By on April 10, 2024 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The government has set out some of the details of its new fund for subsidising training for adult social care staff.
Adult social care providers who directly employ care staff, including councils, will be able to claim up to £4.5m…

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Social work in Wales: how student numbers have grown following bursary boost

By on March 12, 2024 in Workforce

Wales had seen a drop in applications to social work courses in recent years but an increase in the value of bursaries may have helped reverse this trend.
A 2022 report for Social Care Wales found only about 200 of…

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Councils given funding to train more staff as social workers through apprenticeships

By on January 11, 2024 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The government will give councils funding to train more staff as social workers in adults’ services through apprenticeships.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will give councils and adult social care providers just over £20m between them to…

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Community social work: supporting vulnerable adults to reconnect with their communities 

By on December 4, 2023 in Community Care, Workforce Insights

Joan has early onset dementia. She has always lived independently, but some concerns started to be raised that Joan was no longer managing so well. She had stopped going out, and her house had become cluttered and unclean.
Joan’s landlord…

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From apprentice to social worker: the value of practising while you learn

By on November 29, 2023 in Community Care, Workforce Insights

Herefordshire Council delivers its three-year apprenticeship through Coventry University. Lectures occur in person each Monday at the university, making this the first year that the council has partnered with the university in this way. We asked Hannah, Amie, Kate and…

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Fast-track programme to train 320 more social workers in £19m contract extension

By on November 1, 2023 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fast-track programme Think Ahead will train 320 more mental health social workers after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extended its contract up to 2027.
The £18.9m extension covers two cohorts, starting in 2024 and 2025, each of…

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Half of councils given funding to recruit 461 social work apprentices to bolster children’s workforce

By on October 27, 2023 in Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Half of councils have been given a share of £11.7m to recruit 461 social work apprentices to bolster their children’s services workforces.
The Department for Education funding will go to 79 of the 153 authorities, who were chosen following an…

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

By on October 23, 2023 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The Care Quality Commission has given its initial verdict on council adult social care services under its new local authority assurance system.
The regulator included findings from an analysis of data and other published performance information from all 153 councils…

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Chief social worker to step down after decade in post

By on September 29, 2023 in Adults, Social work leaders

Lyn Romeo will step down as England’s chief social worker for adults in January after just over a decade in the post.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said Romeo was taking retirement.
“Lyn Romeo CBE will step…

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Government quizzes adult social workers on working conditions

By on August 18, 2023 in Adults, Workforce

The government is seeking social workers’ views on their working conditions as part of the first national survey of the adult social care workforce in England.
The Department of Health and Social Care said it would use the results of…

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‘Very bad’ employers exploiting overseas social care staff, warns government migration adviser

By on August 1, 2023 in Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

A “tail of very bad employers in the social care sector” are exploiting overseas staff brought to the UK to fill gaps caused by endemic low pay, a government adviser has warned.
Migration Advisory Committee chair Brian Bell has also…

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