1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1314+ words) This article is part of Community Care's 'Neurodiversity belongs in social work' campaign, which aims to spotlight the diverse minds in social work and challenge the systems that weren't built for them. Leading as a Black neurodivergent social work manager…...

18+ hour, 13+ min ago  (842+ words) Adult social care will return to council control in a borough next year after over 20 years in NHS hands. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has decided to serve notice on its contract to deliver adult social care services…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1282+ words) The small meeting room was never meant to be mine." It was simply a quiet, often unoccupied, space I had identified after we moved offices, where I could concentrate, away from the constant hum of an open-plan children's services office....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (225+ words) Most social workers rarely or never receive satisfactory handovers when a case is passed on to them, a Community Care poll has found. Just under a third (30%) said they sometimes had a satisfactory handover, while only 15% said this was a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (382+ words) The number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Do LS) referrals rose by 10% last year, but practitioners managed to bring down the lengthy case backlog, official data has shown. English councils received a record 364, 900 applications from care homes and hospitals to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (704+ words) Children in care will have stronger rights to see their brothers and sisters under a government amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill passed this week. The move has been hailed by charities as victory for a 13-year campaign…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (289+ words) Date and time: Monday 27 April, 11am to 12 noon While it can be emotionally challenging to fail a social work student, for the student, practice educator and team, it is significantly more difficult when the decision to pass or fail a student…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (17+ words) Social Work England meeting most standards but watchdog flags CPD and fitness to practise concerns'communitycare. co. uk...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1021+ words) Fifteen new councils will take responsibility for social care from eight existing authorities in 2028, under the government's local government reorganisation (LGR) programme. Responsibility for services will be overhauled across'Essex and surrounding areas, Hampshire and adjoining localities, Norfolk and Suffolk, through…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1840+ words) This article is part of Community Care's 'Neurodiversity belongs in social work' campaign, which aims to spotlight the diverse minds in social work and challenge the systems that weren't built for them. Shantel Thomas has never been good at doing…...