Helping care leavers build a life
Improving the lives of children in care and care leavers is core to the responsibility of being a corporate parent; a promise that all councillors make when they are sworn in.
social care
Supporting the social care workforce
The Care Quality Commission looks at the challenges facing provides and employers.
Beautifully ordinary lives
How well do councillors understand the lives of autistic people and people with learning disabilities?
Cost of social care for children up a quarter
Latest figures show that spending to protect vulnerable children at risk of harm has increased by almost a quarter in five years, because of soaring demand for support.
Call for action on social care workforce
The LGA and national adult social care organisations have called on the Government to deliver a long-term care workforce strategy and tackle the issue of care worker pay.
Extra £500m for vulnerable families
The LGA has welcomed an additional £500 million for councils to help vulnerable households with rising living costs, but warned that a long-term solution is needed to prevent poverty.
Staff shortages forcing councils to reduce care
More than half of councils in England had to reduce the level of care and support they provided to vulnerable residents in January, because of growing numbers of social care staff on sick leave or isolating because of the Omicron variant.
Bill ‘needs safeguards for young carers’
Barnardo’s has warned that the Government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children.
Investing in health and care services
The Spending Review provides an opportunity to level up our communities and tackle health inequalities.
MPs call for 10-year social care plan
A cross-party committee of MPs has called on ministers to publish a 10-year plan for social care, with detailed costings.