Care workers’ weak power in the workplace helps explain why they put up with poor pay and conditions, a report has found.Their sense of vocation, low levels of trade union membership and a lack of a...
Our trustee, Sir John Timpson, shares his thoughts on attachment and always looking for opportunities to support children where they are.The post Sir John Timpson shares his thoughts on attachment and...
The government has launched a rapid review into the safety of patients in mental health hospitals in the wake of a series of reports of abuse and poor care.Mental health minister Maria Caulfield annou...
In this third episode we talk about the implications and protocol for working with the dark web, the upcoming documentary,featuring Matt called Dark Highway and the personal, psycological impact on th...
Community treatment orders (CTOs) should be scrapped in most cases because they are overused, overly restrictive and used starkly disproportionately for black and ethnic minority people.That was the h...
Community Care’s Festival of Learning is back, offering practitioners a week of high-quality, virtual social care training from leading experts.Registration is now open for the event, from 27-31 Mar...
By Tim Spencer-LaneThe joint committee on the draft Mental Health Bill was appointed in July 2022 to consider the government’s draft bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA), which is summari...
Hospital social workers should be reinstated onto wards to support people to achieve better outcomes on discharge, amid the current severe pressures on the NHS and social care.That was the message tod...
Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals into care homes may result in “poor or potentially illegal” practice, through people being moving into residential care without thei...
Some Court of Protection orders for professional reports on people subject to proceedings are “disproportionate, overly burdensome, and wrongly authorised”, mental health leaders have warned.The c...
Less than one in five adult social care staff have been vaccinated against flu or received their autumn booster jab for Covid-19, according to government figures.The low rates come with the two viruse...
By NHS EnglandDuring winter, viruses circulate more and more, and people are increasingly exposed to the dangers of flu and Covid-19.Both can be life-threatening and getting both at the same time incr...
Councils’ Care Act 2014 duties have arguably been “permanently undermined” by widespread non-compliance during the pandemic, a study has found.Authorities across England cut provision to people ...
Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals to care homes risk inappropriate placements and neglect the root causes of the acute pressures on the health service.That was the warnin...
The government will give the NHS an extra £200m to buy short-term care placements to help relieve the pressures on its beleaguered emergency care system.Integrated care boards (ICBs) will be able to ...
Recently, we caught up with Donna, a social worker based in Essex. Donna has been a social worker since 2008 and during that time has maintained her passion for helping children and families, upon hea...
Social care staff have been worst hit by long Covid among occupational groups in the UK, figures have revealed.An estimated 5.47% of sector staff reported long Covid symptoms in the four weeks up to 4...
The Scottish Government must pause its ‘disruptive’ plans to remove social care from council control, in order to shore up local authority services that face real-terms cuts in 2023-24.That was th...
Social care leaders from across local and central government and provider bodies have been recognised in the New Year Honours as the sector battles one of the toughest winters in many years.Leaders of...