October 2025 - Community Care
Archive : October 2025| Community Care
This episode of The Social Work Community Podcast is part two of a mini-series on the benefits of having an in-house clinical team within Oxfordshire County Council’s children’s services. Clinical pyschologist Dr Emmanuella Vernon is back, talking with Anthony Sayles…| Community Care
var pd_tags = new Array;pd_tags["16149182-src"]="poll-oembed-simple"; Councils’ social care budgets in England are already under pressure this year, an analysis of government data has found. The Local Government Association (LGA) said that demand and cost increases were outstripping resource again, on…| Community Care
var pd_tags = new Array;pd_tags["16149182-src"]="poll-oembed-simple"; The UK government has urged the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark Cheshire West judgment on deprivation of liberty in a case that will be heard next week. In an intervention in the case, which…| Community Care
By Robert Templeton Social Work England is raising its fees while also receiving extra government funding. That combination highlights a fundamental question about the kind of regulator social work needs. A credible regulator cannot depend on the flotsam and jetsam…| Community Care
var pd_tags = new Array;pd_tags["16149182-src"]="poll-oembed-simple"; The share of care workers in England with a basic qualification has hit a new low, following government cuts to planned training funding, the annual stocktake of the workforce has revealed. The proportion of care…| Community Care
Our My Brilliant Colleague series invites you to celebrate anyone who has inspired you in your career. It is part of Community Care’s ongoing Choose Social Work campaign, which aims to champion the brilliant work social workers do every day…| Community Care
In this special two-part podcast you can listen to ‘Carrie’ (not her real name) explain how practitioners at Oxfordshire County Council children’s services have helped her move from crisis point to stability and safety. Carrie experienced physical abuse from her…| Community Care
By Simon Bottery, senior fellow, The King’s Fund A key benefit of a wide-ranging review like Baroness Casey’s Independent Commission into Adult Social Care is that it can look at the big issues in social care and evaluate radical proposals…| Community Care
var pd_tags = new Array;pd_tags["16149182-src"]="poll-oembed-simple"; Social workers believe that better funding and anti-racism training, not legislative reform, are key to reducing racial disparities in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). This follows annual NHS England figures showing…| Community Care
The evidence base for fabricated or induced illness is weak and its consequences for families are catastrophic, argue Andy Bilson and Taliah Drayak| Community Care
Data suggests funding on family support and safeguarding being squeezed, as government seeks to shift spending away from care system| Community Care
Government must commission review of Social Work England to examine effectiveness, value for money and performance, say social worker bodies| Community Care
33% hike in Social Work England fees better balances income from social workers with that from government, says outgoing minister| Community Care
Following the case of an agency social worker working multiple jobs, we're looking to hear from practitioners with similar experiences| Community Care
Social Work England to increase registration and renewal fees from £90 to £120 in face of disagreement from most consultation respondents| Community Care
DfE provides Social Work England with £5.2m in extra resource for 2025-26, which it plans to use in part to reduce fitness to practise delays| Community Care
Social Work England took average of 35 weeks to decide whether fitness to practise concerns about practitioners warranted investigation, in late 2024| Community Care
Despite rising number of fitness to practise referrals, Scottish Social Services Council has cut the time taken to close cases| Community Care
Rise driven by concerns from members of the public, the overwhelming majority of which are rejected by regulator at initial stage| Community Care
Over 100 practitioners, managers, teams and organisations shortlisted for Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025| Community Care
Practice tips for social workers from a Community Care Inform Adults guide on mental health and managing debt| Community Care
A social worker celebrates his colleague, who supported him and the service while he was absent due to bereavement| Community Care
Vacancy rate falls to pre-Covid levels as number working in adult social care workforce reaches record levels, says Skills for Care| Community Care
Inspiring excellence in social care. Read the latest social work and social care news, opinion and analysis and find your perfect social work or social care job| Community Care
Commission headed by Louise Casey will identify key issues facing sector and recommend changes designed to create 'national care service'| Community Care
Nominate your social work colleagues for our series, My Brilliant Colleague, by telling us about the ways they have inspired you.| Community Care
Government remit asks independent commission on social care to consider services for older people and disabled adults separately| Community Care
NHS and local authorities urged to create multidisciplinary teams, under government's vision for 'neighbourhood health service'| Community Care
The government has resurrected plans to place a cap on care costs and make the care means-test more generous, four years after ditching them.| Community Care
Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse provisions put forward by government will fail majority of victims, says charity| Community Care
Professionals must be under a legal duty to report child sexual abuse, and face criminal sanctions for not doing so, says the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse| Community Care
LGA urges political parties to commit to 'significant and sustained increase in funding for councils' and social care ahead of 2024 election| Community Care
The care review's plans to tackle the shortage of suitable care placements risk increasing costs and bureaucracy and making decision-making more remote from children| Community Care
Local authorities are struggling to manage the children’s homes market, amid a shortage of suitable placements, according to a study. published yesterday.| Community Care
Children’s homes are profiteering from an already “broken” market in which demand far exceeds supply, the children’s minister has warned.| Community Care
Labour Party manifesto pledges fair pay agreement for adult care workers and indicates it will implement cap on care costs, but without resources for either| Community Care
Ofsted director Yvette Stanley raises concerns about children's homes being set up in the wrong areas and staff skills gaps in sector| Community Care
Secure children's home bed numbers have fallen over the last year despite huge levels of need for placements for very vulnerable children.| Community Care
The number of unregistered children's homes identified by Ofsted more than doubled from 2020-21 to 2021-22, the regulator has revealed.| Community Care
The 'dysfunctional' care market needs overhaul to tackle high prices and scarce placements, says the Competition and Markets Authority| Community Care
Professor Ray Jones reflects on the legacy of the Maria Colwell inquiry in 1974 and its impact on social work today.| Community Care
Lord Laming reflects back on the changes the social work sector has experienced since Victoria Climbié's death.| Community Care
