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News, practice information and opinion on older people, disability and adult social care
Baroness (Louise) Casey

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Commission on adult social care reform announced by government

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Adults, Workforce

Should social workers be involved in assisted dying?

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African American Senior man with dementia playing with wooden blocks in geriatric clinic or nursing home

Adults, Inform Adults

Working with adults with dementia from minority ethnic backgrounds: practice tips

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Person placing a wooden block with the word 'budget' written in black on it on top of a similar block with the word 'gap' written on it

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Workforce

Invest in mental health social work to meet key NHS objectives, government told

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police

Adults, Social work leaders

AMHPs voice safety concerns over police withdrawal from mental health incidents

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Adults, Social work leaders

£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

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Adults

Assisted dying bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

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Adults, Workforce

Do social workers support assisted dying?

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils to receive delayed £22.6m in adult social care innovation funding

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Social worker comforting older man

Adults, Workforce

Assisted dying: social work role proposed to safeguard those going through process

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Melanie Williams

Adults, Social work leaders

Protect social care from ‘catastrophic’ national insurance increase, ADASS tells government

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Adults, Social work leaders

Providers to cut care and jobs on back of Budget, finds survey

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Adults, Social work leaders

Placing social workers in mental health trusts can help tackle out-of-area placements, says report

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social care providers face £2.8bn bill from wage and tax rises next year, analysis finds

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Government sets limit on council tax rises in 2025-26

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