Legal

All our recent legal stories are below. But if you need more, Community Care Inform Children and Community Care Inform Adults provide digested versions of all the major statutes that govern the work of social workers and other professionals working to support children and young people, and adults, respectively. For more information email the Community Care Inform helpdesk

Workforce

Former employee takes BASW to tribunal over unfair dismissal and racial discrimination claims

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Adults, Workforce

Care Act guidance leaves social workers none the wiser on new duty to share safeguarding information

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Adults, Workforce

Why safeguarding adults boards’ role must be beefed up to fill gaps in Care Act 2014

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Adults, Workforce

‘Why Care Act changes risk shunting NHS responsibilities on to councils and vulnerable adults’

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Children, Workforce

Police to investigate alleged Rochdale abuse cover-up

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Adults, Workforce

Why the Care Act 2014 guidance on safeguarding short-changes social workers

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Workforce

One in five children’s social workers unaware of Children and Families Act changes, report finds

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Adults, Workforce

‘Why the Care Act 2014’s incoherent guidance on direct payments must be revised’

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Adults, Workforce

What the Care Act means for choice of care and accommodation for service users

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Adults, Workforce

The gaps, inconsistencies and question marks in the approach to eligibility under the Care Act

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Adults, Workforce

What social workers need to know about the government’s reforms to eligibility criteria

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Adults, Workforce

What the Care Act 2014 means for social workers

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Adults, Workforce

How the proposed guidance to implement the Care Act 2014 measures up

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Adults, Workforce

Social workers given guidance on putting Care Act 2014 reforms into practice

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Adults, Workforce

Unlawful removal of night-time care was breach of human rights, rules European court

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Adults, Workforce

Lords extends human rights protections for care users

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