Listen to a social worker talk about her diagnoses autism and ADHD and why she has not disclosed them to her employer
Social work with autism and ADHD: why disclosure feels unsafe - Community Care
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Number of organisations registered to deliver supported accommodation rose by 37% in year to March 2026
Supported accommodation continues rapid growth with private sector accounting for nine in ten providers - Community Care
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Number of organisations registered to deliver supported accommodation rose by 37% in year to March 2026
Supported accommodation continues rapid growth with private sector accounting for nine in ten providers - Community Care
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Number of organisations registered to deliver supported accommodation rose by 37% in year to March 2026
Supported accommodation continues rapid growth as private sector dominates sector - Community Care
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Ofsted data shows 20% increase in number of registered children's homes in 2025-26 as government seeks to shrink sector
Doubling in number of children's homes in six years as DfE seeks to shrink sector - Community Care
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A black, neurodivergent leader reflects on the rigid way the sector interprets leadership
Rethinking how neurodivergent leadership fits within social work - Community Care
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Despite 55% more cases resolved in 2025-26 than 2024-25, fewer social workers were found to have impaired fitness
Nine in ten fitness to practise cases closed without further action in 2025-26 - Community Care
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Josh MacAlister says says case should send "clear signal" to people operating illegal provision that "the law w
Unregistered children's home provider successfully prosecuted in legal first - Community Care
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A social work lecturer reflects on how the AGNI ruling on deprivation of liberty will affect people with dementia
'What the Supreme Court's AGNI ruling means for people with dementia' - Community Care
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Social workers raise concerns over funding, recruitment and service fragmentation ahead of local government overhaul
Social workers unconvinced local government reorganisation will improve social care - Community Care
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Following a contentious election subject to complaints, Dave Callow sets out his vision for the Social Workers Union
New Social Workers Union general secretary sets out stall following contentious election - Community Care
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This podcast episode talks about how GCC are improving adult services
Adult social care: the difference that matters (part two) - Community Care
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A social worker living with OCD explains how the condition shapes his practice and helps him connect with young people
'Obsessive. Compulsive. Social Worker: how living with OCD shapes my practice' - Community Care
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Tim Spencer-Lane explains the reasoning behind the Supreme Court's seismic judgment on deprivation of liberty
The Supreme Court's reversal of the Cheshire West judgment explained - Community Care
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BASW's Neurodivergent Special Interest Group reflects on the progress since its launch and the barriers that remain
'What neurodivergent social workers are up against today - and how to help' - Community Care
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Social worker Louise Gallacher recalls a case illustrating the importance of taking your time when assessing capacity
Assessing capacity in hospital: the perils of relying on a snapshot in time - Community Care
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A retired social worker reminisces about his first job in the '70s and the qualm that led his team to write to the media
Social Work Tales: 'I blew the whistle in my first social work role' - Community Care
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Prime minister also initiates cross-party talks on adult social care reform and accelerates Casey Commission timetable
Burnham plans to 'lift up' social care workforce to level of NHS - Community Care
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As family group decision making becomes mandatory, a social worker suggests a potential model for implementing it
Implementing family group decision making: a future-focused approach - Community Care
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The founder of social work’s anti-racist movement, Shantel Thomas, on the cost of masking her neurodivergence for years
Being black and neurodivergent in social work: 'I became a master at masking because I didn't feel safe’ - Community Care
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DHSC also confirms that local government will not have seat at the table in negotiations, prompting council warnings
Council and NHS social care staff to be excluded from fair pay agreements, says DHSC - Community Care
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As family group decision making becomes mandatory, a social worker suggests a potential model for implementing it
Implementing family group decision making: a suggested approach - Community Care
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A social worker describes how using motivational interviewing as a reflective tool helped quell her self-doubt
How motivational interviewing can reduce self-doubt in social work - Community Care
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Top tips for social workers on answering introductory and competency-based interview questions
How to answer social work job interview questions - Community Care
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After safeguarding heads raised concerns about the definition of neglect, practitioners appear split over changing it
Social workers split on redefining neglect to remove 'serious impairment' requirement - Community Care
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The Law Commission has proposed replacing existing private law orders with a single order for kinship care arrangements
Reforming kinship care law: the Law Commission's provisional proposals - Community Care
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A social worker supporting unaccompanied asylum seekers reflects on the power professionals hold over children's time
How time becomes power when working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children - Community Care
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Change means social workers will no longer be able to practise in Scotland while being regulated elsewhere in UK
Social workers practising in Scotland to be required to register with SSSC, under consultative plans - Community Care
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Adult social care practitioners from Gloucestershire who talk about how they are improving services for county residents
Adult social care: the difference that matters - Community Care
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Using artificial intelligence transcription tools in social care carries significant legal risks, an academic has warned
'The worrying lack of legal literacy when using AI in social care' - Community Care
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