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Why accreditation in supported living counts
April 13, 2022
Last month, I wrote about the multitude of challenges faced by supported living services – a subject that I am very passionate about. This week, I’d like focus on supported…
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Join Skills for Care & QCS in #CelebratingSocialCare
April 13, 2022
It is time to #CelebrateSocialCare! Following the Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection on 17 March 2022, and as the public restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted, our partner,…
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Why policies, procedures and best practice learning matter in supported living services
April 11, 2022
To mark World Social Work Day, I want to devote this week’s column exclusively to supported living. It is a sector that is so often forgotten about when we talk…
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Care providers set to receive fairer costs for providing care
April 6, 2022
Local authorities in England will be supported by £1.36 billion from the Health and Social Care Levy to pay a fairer rate of care to adult social care providers, the…
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Creating a wellbeing strategy to mitigate the cost of living increase
April 1, 2022
Any employer can begin to create a financial wellbeing policy with minimum additional financial costs, Helena Newberry, Employee Relations Adviser at Napthens People Projects Team explains. In the UK, we…
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Case update: Employment Tribunal finds in favour of an employee after he was accused of lying about COVID-19 symptoms
March 30, 2022
Watford Employment Tribunal has found that a care home breached the implied terms of trust and confidence when a manager, after an incident, accused a care home employee of lying…
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We all have a duty to prevent workplace harassment
March 30, 2022
Are you doing enough to prevent harassment in the workplace? From March 2023, employers will need to do more. Steph Wiggans, Solicitor at Napthens explains what it means to you.…
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Spring Statement 2022 – What does it mean for you?
March 25, 2022
The Chancellor delivered a Spring Statement or mini budget yesterday that aims to put billions of pounds back into the pockets of hard-working people – unveiling a new Tax Plan…
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