Tag Archives | adult social care funding
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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
Adult social worker numbers hit record high on back of funding rise
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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
400 additional social work apprenticeships on cards as councils invited to bid for £12m fund
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Adults, Children, Social work leaders
Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures
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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
Four in ten adult care providers reduced services last year due to cost pressures
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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
Councils given funding to train more staff as social workers through apprenticeships
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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding
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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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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise
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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors
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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
Cap on care costs: significant risks around plan to deliver delayed reform by 2025, says watchdog
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