Social care leaders

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

Adults, Children, Workforce

Regulation and inspection is stifling children’s services, warn council bosses

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Adults, Legal, Workforce

What social care cuts mean for the likelihood of legal challenges to local authorities

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Kath O'Dwyer

Children, Workforce

Turnaround specialist moves Ofsted into business of improving children’s social services

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

A step-by-step guide to helping people with learning disabilities leave hospital placements

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Pooling budgets workshop

Adults, Workforce

How social workers can support clients to pool their personal budgets

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Adults, Workforce

How service user complaints are helping social workers improve their practice

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Councils urged to train more social workers as best interests assessors following Supreme Court ruling

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Children, Workforce

Councils to outsource children’s social services under government proposals

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David Pearson

Adults, Workforce

Councils must ensure care providers treat staff properly, says new directors’ chief

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Adults, Workforce

Deeper cuts to adult social care packages planned as council budgets drop by 4%

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Adults, Workforce

Safeguarding timescales should be revised to enable person-centred social work, report councils

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Adults, Workforce

‘Unfit’ health and social care systems must be fully integrated and better funded, finds inquiry

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Children, Workforce

Review seeks solutions for turning round inadequate children’s services

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Adults, Workforce

‘Unfit’ directors to be barred from running social care organisations

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Adults, Legal, Workforce

What the Care Act 2014 will mean for continuity of care

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Workforce, Children

Coventry pledges rapid improvements after Ofsted deems it ‘inadequate’

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