Adults

News, practice information and opinion on older people, disability and adult social care
Walk The Talk Concept

Adults, Inform Adults

Executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: points for practice

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Dial pointing at the word 'performance'

Adults, Social work leaders

CQC streamlines adults’ services assessment process following concerns over burden on councils

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Adult social workers on strike in Brighton and Hove in November 2023

Adults, Workforce

Social workers go back on strike as dispute remains unresolved

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Nurse helping woman rehabilitate in care home

Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving long-term care following years of decline

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Mental capacity act is shown using a text

Adults, Children

Mastering the Mental Capacity Act

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beverley tarka

Adults, Social work leaders

Unearthing ‘gold standard’ practice with unpaid carers

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% national living wage hike will trigger adult social care cuts, councils warn

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Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government bar on overseas care staff bringing over families sparks workforce concerns

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Person putting jigsaw piece with word 'quality' written on it on to space with 'assurance' written on it

Adults, Social work leaders

Councils need more funding to manage CQC adult services performance checks, leaders warn

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Homeless older woman and social worker

Adults, Workforce

Homelessness social work role valuable but rare, isolated and temporarily funded – study

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise

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Senior man with social worker

Adults, Inform Adults

Tips for keeping assessment processes strengths-focused

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Compass dial pointing to word 'performance'

Adults, Social work leaders

Most councils rated good for adult social care in CQC pilot assessments

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Graph showing increasing workload

Adults, Social work leaders

Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

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Human rights card

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

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Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Labour pledges to reform Mental Health Act if elected

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