Mithran Samuel
Editor at Community Care
Editor, @CommunityCare. Tweets about social work/social care. Email us with your social work-related stories: [email protected]
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3 days ago |
communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel
Care placement costs are continuing to drive up spending on children’s services, data on council budgets for 2025-26 have shown. Councils are planning to spend £15.5bn on children’s social care in 2025-26, up by £1bn (7.1%) in real terms on budgeted spend for 2024-25, proportionately higher than the 6.3% increase for planned local government expenditure as a whole, according to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) figures.
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4 days ago |
communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel
About the CQC’s local authority assurance systemAll 153 councils in England are being assessed over a two-year period, starting in December 2023, on their performance in relation to their duties under the Care Act 2014. Authorities receive an overall rating: ‘outstanding’, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’. Of the first 43 councils to receive an assessment report, one has been rated outstanding (Camden), 26 good, 16 requires improvement and none inadequate.
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5 days ago |
communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel
Social work practitioners, leaders and academics were recognised for their achievements and contributions to the sector in the King’s Birthday Honours. There were joined by social care managers and foster carers, who were also awarded gongs in the 2025 list. Among sector leaders, Annie Hudson, the outgoing chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, becomes a dame for her services to child protection.
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1 week ago |
communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel
Assisted dying is set to become legal in England and Wales after MPs gave legislation to bring it about their backing. The House of Commons voted by 314 to 291 in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at the final stage of its passage through the House of Commons today. The bill will now go to the House of Lords, where it will be voted on and face further scrutiny.
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1 week ago |
communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel
[poll id=”163″]A longstanding social work pay dispute that led practitioners to take strike action has been resolved with a salary boost for newly qualified staff and more opportunities for experienced workers to progress. Adults’ social workers at Brighton & Hove Council took three days’ strike action in late 2023 in pursuit of a 12.5% market supplement on top of their salary – as received by their counterparts in children’s services.
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