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Care placements costs still driving up children's services spending, council budgets show

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.
Bigger councils have outperformed smaller ones in CQC adults' services assessments, finds analysis

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.
Gongs for social workers, leaders and academics in King's Birthday Honours

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.
Assisted dying set to become legal in England and Wales after MPs back bill

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.
Social work pay dispute that led to strike resolved with salary boost for NQSWs

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.
800,000 disabled people to lose out on PIP by 2030 under benefit cuts legislation

1 week ago | communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel

Should the Home Office's National Age Assessment Board be abolished? Yes, its social workers cannot practise independently of political pressures on asylum. No, the NAAB works separately from Home Office asylum teams, so social workers can practise in line with their values. View Results About 800,000 disabled people face losing out on personal independence payment (PIP) by 2030 under legislation to cut benefits published by the government yesterday.
Adults' director appointed CQC chief inspector for social care

1 week ago | communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel

[poll id=”163″]A director of adult social services (DASS) has been appointed chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Chris Badger, who has been director of adult social care at Hertforshire council since 2021, will join the regulator in September to take responsibility for its regulation of care providers and system for quality assuring local authorities.
Minister 'not convinced' on replacing DoLS with Liberty Protection Safeguards

1 week ago | communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel

Stephen Kinnock (photo: Richard Townshend Photography) Loading ... The care minister has said he is “not entirely convinced” by the case for replacing the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS). The introduction of the LPS is “under review”, Stephen Kinnock told fellow MPs on the committee scrutinising the government’s Mental Health Bill yesterday.
Casey: DfE must urgently investigate fall in number of child sexual abuse cases recorded by councils

1 week ago | communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel

Should the Home Office's National Age Assessment Board be abolished? Yes, its social workers cannot practise independently of political pressures on asylum. No, the NAAB works separately from Home Office asylum teams, so social workers can practise in line with their values.
DfE seeks councils to pilot kinship carer allowances

1 week ago | communitycare.co.uk | Mithran Samuel

Should the Home Office's National Age Assessment Board be abolished? Yes, its social workers cannot practise independently of political pressures on asylum. No, the NAAB works separately from Home Office asylum teams, so social workers can practise in line with their values. View Results The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking up to 10 councils to trial paying allowances to kinship carers.