Social care leaders

News, practice and comment for social work and social care senior managers

Adults, Workforce

‘The voluntary sector is key to health and social care integration, not an optional extra’

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Adults, Workforce

Councils urged to consider barring providers from contracts if they breach minimum wage law

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Adults, Workforce

Government bids to shift care eligibility criteria to focus on outcomes not deficits

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Adults, Legal, Workforce

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

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Deprivation of liberty cases will rise ten-fold due to Supreme Court ruling, say councils

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Adults, Workforce

Care home commissioning overhaul improved council’s relationship with providers, finds study

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Children, Workforce

Children’s services chiefs say ‘no’ to letting for-profit companies run child protection

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Children, Workforce

Privatisation or progress? The child protection row that’s stirred social work

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Adults, Workforce

Councils told to ‘ensure readiness’ for Care Act by appointing accountable officer to drive reforms

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Workforce

‘Social workers want to engage with meaningful research that meets their priorities’

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Adults, Workforce

Overhaul social care targets to give professionals greater stake in delivering them, urges think-tank chief

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Adults, Workforce

Government to expose ‘efficiency gap’ in local authority adults’ services

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Supreme Court ruling leaves little room for doubt over deprivations of liberty in care

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Graduate Internship Programme

Adults, Workforce

Intern programme offers graduates the chance to lead a social care project

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Adults, Workforce

Transferred NHS cash is propping up existing social care services, finds report

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Adults, Legal, Workforce

Lords extends human rights protections for care users

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