Tag Archives | adult social care workforce

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, Social work leaders, Workforce

£600m for social care ‘risks being swallowed by wage and employer tax rises’, warn sector leaders

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Chancellor of the Exchequer (2024-) Rachel Reeves

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

£600m boost for social care next year announced in Budget

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Pay boost for many thousands of care workers as government raises national living wage by 6.7%

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fair pay agreement for adult social care likely to increase council costs, says government

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A person helping another do some work on a computer

Adults, Workforce

Fall in number of personal assistants ‘a significant concern’, warns sector body

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The Houses of Parliament in London

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Employment Rights Bill: government to create body to set adult social care pay and conditions

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Female care worker smiling as she enters the house of an older woman whom she is greeting

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of overseas care recruits plummets as report highlights sector’s reliance on them

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DHSC scraps second round of adult social work apprenticeship fund

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The words 'training & development' next to a cog

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government cuts £115m from adult social care staff training funding

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Workforce

Over half of councils signed up to scheme to tackle social care workforce race inequalities

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Diversity Equality Inclusion write on a sticky note isolated on Office Desk.

Social work leaders, Workforce

Scheme to tackle racial disparities in social care workforce doubles in scope

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Change course on social care’, leaders tell government after scrapping of cap and training fund

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Stephen Kinnock

Adults, Workforce

Labour ditches planned increase to adult social care training funding

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

Adults, Workforce

Overseas recruitment drives latest growth in adult social care workforce

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King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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