Social care leaders

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

Children, Workforce

‘Damaging’ turnover of children’s director posts is creating instability, warns long-serving chief

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Peter Gilbert praised for his outstanding contribution to social work

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Adults, Workforce

Proposed eligibility threshold vague, under-funded and outdated, warn social care leaders

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Adults, Workforce

NHS continuing care assessment failings causing great distress and expense for clients, finds inquiry

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Adults, Workforce

Bridging the commissioner-provider divide to improve care for people with learning disabilities

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Adults, Workforce

How early information sharing can help social workers manage the rising tide of safeguarding alerts

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Adults, Workforce

Councils must be more open about adult social care weaknesses and cuts

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Adults, Workforce

Councils may have to outsource ‘low-level’ assessments to free up social workers, say sector leaders

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Adults, Workforce

Plans for seven-day social work services will require investment and support for staff to succeed

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Adults, Workforce

GPs to challenge social care professionals on whether needs of their patients are met

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Adults, Workforce

How some managers are directing social workers to breach the Mental Capacity Act

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Adults, Workforce

GPs to oversee social care for vulnerable patients under contract changes, says Hunt

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Workforce

Women make up majority of senior social care managers but face ‘glass ceiling effect’ in reaching the top

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Adults, Workforce

Website launched to compare adult social care performance between council areas

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Adults, Workforce

Half of carers known to social services care for over 50 hours a week but most lack breaks

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Adults, Workforce

‘Councils need more funding to prevent Care Bill reforms driving care homes out of business’

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