Disappointing response from Rachel Reeves to Jemima Burnage on implications of NI rise for not for profit social care providers. The allocation to (adults & children’s) social care won’t cover this given additional needs & costs. Hope need for mitigation is heard

The HM Treasury must amend the Budget to exempt charities providing social care commissioned by councils from the NI rise. Councils can't absorb these costs, meaning VCS providers having to. Some will hand back contracts or face large deficits. People will be left without support

We're returning to our work on children's social care 👥 “We’re picking up the baton. This new cross-party Committee will review valuable evidence already provided to us, listen to new evidence and scrutinise the Govt’s proposals.” Chair, Helen Hayes 💙🌹 committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/…

Exclusive: Biggest overhaul of local government in over 50 years - Dozens of councils abolished to make more "efficient" large authorities with populations of 500k+ - First wave of restructuring includes Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk

Interesting suggestion on the plans for the Casey Social Care Review that it's 'red tape' that's the problem for joint funding/commissioning of social care, not just lack of cash and squabbling over who pays which bill... gov.uk/government/new…

Growth in parental mental health and substance misuse issues leaving youngest children at increased risk, reports 🌈Updates from ADCS #socialwork #childprotection communitycare.co.uk/2025/01/15/inf…

"We are facing a massive disruption in April, because no one can afford the 10% increase in costs which comes from the rise in the national living wage and NI contributions. Although the average margin in home care is 7.6%, many don’t make anywhere near that much." - Our Chief

Here's our story on this: communitycare.co.uk/2025/01/15/inf…

Earlier this month, the world of social work lost Sue Williams, founder of the highly successful family safeguarding model. The chief social worker for children, Isabelle Trowler, has written this lovely tribute to Sue #socialwork #safeguarding communitycare.co.uk/2025/01/16/a-t…

The appeal brought by Hannah Summers and I challenging the anonymisation of judges in the historic Sara Sharif family court hearing has been allowed on all three grounds. Huge thanks to our barrister Chris Barnes, Tortoise and Law for Change Our statement here

Today, the family court reporting pilot begins its full roll out across England & Wales. It switches the legal presumption against reporting to a situation where, subject to strict anonymity rules, journalists can report what they see & what's in documents, and interview parties.

NEW BLOG ✍️ Mutual distrust can prevent parents and social workers working together to safeguard children. New research into the use of parental advocacy hints at a solution. Read the new blog by placement student Emilia Preter: cascadewales.org/a-mixed-method… #ParentalAdvocacy

Happy World Social Work Day to all social workers and everyone who contributes to the work you do to transform so many lives for the better from all Community Care #socialwork #wswd2025

Local government budgets will be hit by cuts to #PIP This is because PIP can be taken into account by councils when calculating the financial contribution someone who they provide #socialcare to must make - and less PIP means lower financial contributions #DisabilityBenefits

Mithran Samuel Community Care May be worth a follow up.

We have carried out scrutiny on the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatability with international and domestic human rights standards. We are making a number of recommendations to help strengthen the Bill, which will be debated in the House of Commons today ⬇️

Scotland’s care sector is so dependent on lifeline international workers – who make up more than 90% of staff in some organisations – that ending overseas recruitment could be 'catastrophic', survey results published today have revealed. Scottish Care healthandcare.scot/stories/4161/k/

“It pretty much says in here that we expect annual increases in council tax of 5% a year over the coming years in order to fund that spending power within local government.” Paul Johnson on the announcements on local government funding in today’s #SpendingReview.