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Fostering resilience: Strategies for empowering children affected by trauma

Children who end up in the care system often experience a home life plagued by sorrow. In this week’s long-read, two industry experts examine the best parenting strategies that can be adopted to ensure children are given the best start in life. 

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‘Unforgettable: Telling the care home story’ review – love, loss and Covid-19
Brian Daniels’ gut-wrenching play tells the story of a residential care home during the Covid-19
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Integrated care systems: A solution to capacity constraints
This weeks industry-led long-read sees Claire Reader, chief operating officer for Community Care at Newcross
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Health and social care? More like health vs social care
By drawing on real world examples and personal experience, Louise Ahrens, an industry expert, explains
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Opinion: The analogue to digital switchover is an opportunity to improve care
Social care is turning to the digital side. Adrian Scaife, from Access Health, delves into
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Advocating for change: The urgency to support care leavers
In this week’s industry-led long-read, Alina Vaduva, from the Royal Docks School of Business and
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Opinion: Integration will be a key focus for social care in 2024
Steve Sawyer, Managing Director at Access Health, Support and Care, voices what he believes needs
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Virtual communication: does it have a future in adult social care?
The topic of virtual communication in social care has arguably been up for debate since
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Explainer: What exactly is the Personal Independence Payment?

Ahead of the government’s consultation later today on the future of the benefit, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explains what the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is, who receives it and the context for expected reforms.

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Opinion: You can’t legislate relationships
Headlines recently have been dominated by the government’s plans to crackdown on ‘sick note culture’.
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Interview: Thought Formation newsletter
We speak to Dr Niall Boyce about his new, free weekly newsletter that aims to
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John Woollacott: From pharmacist to Falklands Director of Health and Social Services
Sitting down with Social Care Today, John Woollacott discusses how he worked his way up
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Digital maturity, the solution to tackling systematic issues in care
The idea of introducing tech into care is currently being considered by many. Martin Lowthian,
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‘Underspending’ on NHS digitisation is easily solved, give it to social care
The UK government are currently investing in technology to help the NHS. However, Annabelle Sanderson,
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Money is no object, or at least it is for the ‘silent generation’
Louise Ahrens, an industry-expert, explains our older generation have witnessed great horrors. From war to
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Social care is suffering, we can at least let people age gracefully
As social care experts continue to address the ongoing crisis, Judy Boniface-Chang, chief customer officer
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Pressure mounts on X as critics rally against Grok deepfakes
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Pressure mounts on X as critics rally against Grok deepfakes
‘The disturbing rise in AI intimate image abuse, facilitated by platforms such as Grok, is
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From systems to people: how Bromley is transforming social care
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From systems to people: how Bromley is transforming social care
Digital change in adult social care is urgent. In Bromley, a partnership with the Social
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Mental Health Bill shake-up: what it means for learning disability services
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Mental Health Bill shake-up: what it means for learning disability services
To give people with learning disabilities and autism more independence, Louise Wilson of Hill Dickinson
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The best child poverty strategy? Evidence points the way
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The best child poverty strategy? Evidence points the way
The masterplan aims to ease hardship, but the answer isn’t always in policy – early
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Philosophy and social care: creating space to think
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Philosophy and social care: creating space to think
Social care is starved of time to think, yet a project exploring philosophical learning suggests
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We keep talking personalisation, but when will it become reality?
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We keep talking personalisation, but when will it become reality?
Personalised care is central to the NHS Long Term Plan, but despite years of discussion
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Opinion: higher pay, better training could fix social care
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Opinion: higher pay, better training could fix social care
Low pay, job insecurity and post-Brexit recruitment challenges are plaguing the adult social care sector
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The grooming scandal: will the core issue be addressed?
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The grooming scandal: will the core issue be addressed?
One officer’s account reveals how underfunded services, not indifference, may have shaped the failures we
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