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Mental Health Awareness Week
- Chief Social Worker for Adults Annual Report
- International Nurses Day
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Mental Health Awareness Week and loneliness: we've all been there |
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"One in four adults feel lonely some or all of the time," explains the week's organisers, the Mental Health Foundation. "There’s no single cause and there’s no one solution. For Mental Health Awareness Week this year, we're raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental health and the practical steps we can take to address it."
Meanwhile, our Mental Health Social work Lead, Jason Brandon, explains how adult social workers should be alert to signs of loneliness and poor mental health, not just in those they support, but in colleagues and other health and care professionals too.
Also this week, the Government has announced the 113 charities awarded a share of the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) suicide prevention grant fund. A suicide prevention plan will follow later this year to outline further support for those who need it.
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Chief Social Worker for Adults publishes annual report |
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The Department of Health and Social Care and the Chief Social Worker for Adults, Lyn Romeo, have published her annual report for 2021-22. The report acknowledges the tireless work of the adult social work sector and gives thanks to supporting stakeholders, including former interim Chief Social Workers, Fran Leddra and Mark Harvey.
Major achievements include updates to adult safeguarding practice, phase one of the social care workplace race equality standard (WRES), and efforts to make the wellbeing of staff more central to care providers and organisations across the sector. |
International Nurses Day: We have always been leaders in social care |
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This week marked International Nurses Day and, while many outside the caring professions tend to think of nursing in a purely clinical context, for those of us working in, or with, the adult social care sector, we know it is so much broader in scope, complexity and provision.
This year’s theme is all about leadership, respecting professional skills and rights, and investing in nurses everywhere to deliver improved global health. It’s a focus fully endorsed by Deborah Sturdy, our Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, as she explains in her latest blog.
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Increased funding for nursing in care homes |
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Increased funding for nursing in care homes will support tens of thousands of residents with nursing needs, including those with learning and physical disabilities, with an 11.5% increase in 2022 to 2023 and an estimated £87 million backdated for 2021 to 2022.
The standard weekly rate per person provided for NHS-funded nursing care has increased by 11.5% from £187.60 to £209.19 for 2022 to 2023 and will be backdated to 1 April 2022. |
Adult social care recruitment campaign survey: How was it for you? |
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A Department of Health and Social Care survey is underway to evaluate the impact of the national adult social care recruitment campaign since November 2021.
Responses are requested from colleagues right across the adult social care sector, from care staff and registered managers, to directors and HR teams. The survey takes no longer than 10 minutes to complete and closes 5pm 31 May. Get involved. Your contributions will help to shape the scope and effectiveness of future recruitment campaigns. |
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