Adults

News, practice information and opinion on older people, disability and adult social care
An older couple poring over their finances

Adults, Social work leaders

More people face self-funding care as means-testing thresholds frozen for 14th consecutive year

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Elaine James, with her social justice advocate award at the 2023 Social Worker of the Year Awards ceremony

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

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Wall collage made by mothers at Jasmine Mother's Recovery Centre, including images of mothers and children, the words 'drug free', 'hard work' and 'safe place for kids;

Adults, Children, Inform Children

‘We’re not bad mums’: inside the rehab centre giving women a chance to keep their children

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Apprenticeships key on keyboard

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

400 additional social work apprenticeships on cards as councils invited to bid for £12m fund

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Older man talking to a social worker in the park

Adults, Workforce

‘Hectic is the life of a social worker’: what research reveals about practice with older people

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act detention numbers fall for second year but significant racial inequalities persist

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Michael Gove

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures

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Chalk board sketch of scales. Concept of balance between eye sight and hearing

Adults, Inform Adults

How to communicate with people who are deafblind

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A blonde female covering her face with her hands.

Adults, Workforce

A social worker’s guilt: when people’s needs outstrip resources

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Image of lightbulbs with the word Analysis

Adults

Safeguarding adults enquiries: do you need consent?

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budget cuts

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Four in ten adult care providers reduced services last year due to cost pressures

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A practice educator or social work manager talking to a student

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

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

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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

Adults, Children, Workforce

Strike-hit council struggling to deliver AMHP service

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

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A group of colleagues clapping their hands

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers hailed in New Year Honours list

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The title 'a year in review' with snowflakes all around.

Adults, Children, Workforce

A year in review: what happened in social work in 2023

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