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The front cover of the Care Act 2014

Adults

Council breached Care Act duty by failing to offer accommodation within man’s budget, finds watchdog

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

‘The injustice exposed by Covid has left me angrier’, says outgoing social care directors’ leader

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government proposes mandating Covid-19 vaccination for care home workers

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Social care cuts and increased charges causing ‘huge distress’ to disabled people

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Adults, Workforce

Government to spend £1.2m on AMHP training to “urgently address” workforce shortages

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'Wellbeing at work' key being pressed on keyboard

Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers satisfied with employers but often required to do more with less, finds health check

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Adults, Social work leaders

‘Short-termist’ government approach to adult social care starving sector of investment, says watchdog

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The front cover of the Care Act 2014

Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Government scraps coronavirus provisions allowing councils to suspend key Care Act duties

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Supreme Court

Adults

Employers saved £400m after Supreme Court finds care staff not entitled to minimum wage for sleep-in shifts

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Human rights card

Adults

Do not resuscitate orders have risen during pandemic, amid “serious” human rights concerns, finds CQC

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Coronavirus, Workforce

How Social Work England is battling fitness to practise caseloads in face of Covid, legacy and high referrals

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Coronavirus, Workforce

‘In its own little bubble from the world’ – a year of social work in Covid-free New Zealand

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Human rights card

Adults

Council had no regard for man’s human rights in leaving him in care home for five months, report finds

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Budget cut

Adults, Social work leaders

Budget cuts planned for social care as councils count cost of pandemic, public spending watchdog finds

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Female care worker on home visit showing her ID, close up

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government opens migration route for some overseas care staff but providers say more must be done

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Adults, Social work leaders

People denied entitlement to continuing healthcare because of assessment backlog, experts warn

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