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A trade union has recently called for minimum wage to be increased for social workers. It says social care workers should be paid a...

It is believed that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will push social care reforms back by a year as part of an initiative to cut down on...

Local authorities up and down the country are set to receive funding for research into health inequalities in their local area. The £50...

Amidst a storm of staffing and financial woe, local councils across the UK have urged for social care reforms to be delayed in order to...

Black History Month is a time to celebrate black culture and history, as well as a time to educate ourselves and others on how to make...

Social workers across the board are required to participate in continuing professional development (CPD) activities. Social Work England...

From service reviews and workforce diagnostics, to Ofsted support teams and quality auditing, we help provide local authorities with the...

Did you know that 2.6 million people aged 50 and above are currently lacking access to the care they require in the UK? And with the...

The ongoing social care crisis is putting countless vulnerable people at risk, as staffing shortages continue to rise along with the...

According to a recent study, there has been a 267% increase in Google searches for ‘young carers over 16’. More concerningly, the number...

Could working in children’s social care be the next step in your career? Carry on reading to discover more about the complexities of this...

Due to chronic underfunding, increased demand and an unrelenting turnover rate of social work staff, the social care crisis continues to...

The government has recently announced that the £500m Workforce Development Fund has been approved for an additional year to help tackle...

OFSTED has released a new report highlighting how the pandemic has worsened the staffing challenges in children’s social care. Keep...

Is your local authority struggling with a backlog of social work reviews and assessments? The gap between the supply and demand of social...

It’s no secret that local authorities up and down the country are facing an avalanche of issues due to the constant churn of agency...

In the ongoing fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, an already very stretched service continues to struggle on with a backlog of needful...

With Following 2 years of successfully delivering key projects nationally, we thought it was time for Imperium Resourcing’s Managed...