Disability

News, opinion and analysis about social work with people with disabilities
Dee Kemp

Adults, Mental Health

How social workers and OTs can make a difference to those outside the eligibility tent

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Adults

NHS reveals sluggish progress on ending Winterbourne View-style hospital placements

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Adults

How social workers can improve practice with deafblind people

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Adults

Estimated 600 more people in Scotland to benefit from Independent Living Fund

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

A step-by-step guide to helping people with learning disabilities leave hospital placements

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Simon Stevens

Adults, Workforce

How service user involvement in social work training benefits everyone

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Adults

Assessment and funding delays preventing hospital discharge for people with learning disabilities, finds study

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Adults, Workforce

Government pledges ‘comprehensive’ continuing professional development framework for social workers

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Shared Lives schemes help people live more fulfilling lives, finds Shared Lives Plus

Adults

Full potential of Shared Lives schemes yet to be realised, finds report

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Adults, Workforce

‘Increasing waits for specialist assessments are damaging the lives of deafblind people’

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

‘Lack of action’ on moving people out of Winterbourne-style institutions cannot continue, warns Lamb

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Local Government Ombudsman Jane Martin

Adults, Workforce

Council wrong to bill man for care he didn’t use, says ombudsman

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Adults

MPs blast long delays for processing of new disability benefit claims

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Adults, Workforce

Preparing for life after the Independent Living Fund

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Adults, Workforce

Second strike to hit Care UK learning disability service

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Adults

Government lacks understanding of adult care risks, warns spending watchdog

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