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Council urges back-office workers to volunteer for social care roles amid staff absences

By Tom Wilkinson, Reporter7th January 20227th January 2022News England

Back-office council workers are being asked to volunteer to step into social care roles as the Omicron variant is reducing staffing levels due to illness and isolation. North Yorkshire County

Half of care homes in Greater Manchester unable to accept new residents due to staff absences

By Kim Pilling, Reporter5th January 2022News England

Around half of care homes in Greater Manchester are unable to accept new residents due to Covid-19 staffing absences, latest figures show. Outlining the impact of the fresh wave of

Care staff shortages mean vulnerable adults are experiencing ‘lockdown by another name’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter5th January 20225th January 2022News England

Some of the most vulnerable people in society are experiencing “lockdown by another name” as care staff shortages mean they are increasingly unable to fully live their lives, a social

Engage: Integrating health and social care – seven steps for success

By Professor John Connolly, University of the West of Scotland5th January 2022Engage

The widespread deaths of the elderly in care homes that occurred as a result of poor decisions by government at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed the lack of

Social care system for teenagers ‘infuriatingly inadequate’, says former children’s commissioner

By Catherine Lough, Reporter29th December 2021News England

The social care system is not fit for purpose and is “handing some children over” to criminal gangs, a report has found. The report from the Commission on Young Lives

Government add care workers to shortage occupation list but only on temporary one-year visas

By Jemma Crew, Reporter24th December 2021News England

The Government is to relax immigration rules on care-worker jobs as the social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff. Care workers will be added to the shortage

Charity warns nearly 16,000 children to be exposed to domestic abuse over Christmas

By Alana Calvert, Reporter23rd December 2021News England

Nearly 16,000 children will be victims of domestic abuse over the Christmas fortnight alone, according to charity Early Intervention Foundation (EIF). The not-for-profit, which advocates for effective early intervention to

Social care leaders urge public to stay at home as sector deals with ‘national emergency’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter22nd December 2021News England

Social care bosses have made an impassioned plea for the public to stay at home “as much as they can”, as the sector experiences a “national emergency”. Vital care is

Eight-year sentence for murdered toddler’s mother ‘doesn’t sound enough’ says care minister

By Geraldine Scott and Dave Higgens, Reporters16th December 2021News England

The Attorney General could order a review of the sentence handed to the mother of Star Hobson, a health minister suggested, as she said the eight-year term for allowing the

Woman branded ‘pure evil’ for murder of toddler Star Hobson to serve minimum 25 years in prison

By Dave Higgens, Reporter15th December 202115th December 2021News England

The woman who murdered 16-month-old Star Hobson must serve a minimum of 25 years in prison, according to a judge who said the toddler’s short life was “marked by neglect,

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