SOCIAL CARE

Social care waiting lists set to 'double' by November, ADASS warns

By William Eichler | 04 August 2022

A shocking 600 people a day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for care and support...

FINANCE

Government not even close to 'rescuing' social care

By Martin Ford | 03 August 2022

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee said billions of pounds ‘urgently’ needed to ...

RECRUITMENT

Ofsted calls for social care workforce strategy

By Martin Ford | 27 July 2022

The watchdog the need is ‘more urgent than ever’ as it published a report looking at the ongoing ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care in skills crisis

By Martin Ford | 27 July 2022

Social care directors have said the sector is facing ‘a workforce crisis never seen before’ as th...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Recruitment solutions for testing times

By Gordon McFarlane | 26 July 2022

Councils must get better at marketing themselves as local employers and organisational culture is...

SOCIAL CARE

A tale of two factions

By Martin Ford | 26 July 2022

As the Tory leadership candidates start setting out their campaign policies, how much are they re...

HEALTH

Social care facing 'greatest workforce crisis in history'

By Martin Ford | 25 July 2022

An extra 490,000 social care jobs will be required in the coming years, a new report has found. 

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Reset and renew

By Steve Crocker | 19 July 2022

Steve Crocker outlines the major challenges facing children’s services – getting the right staff ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Leeds denies cover-up over social care grievance

By Dan Peters | 18 July 2022

A senior Leeds City Council member has denied a ‘cover-up’ amid suggestions concerned frontline s...

WHITEHALL

Peers highlight lack of progress improving 'flawed' Act

By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2022

Little progress has been made in addressing the lack of coordination between the licensing and pl...

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