The first in our Social Work series. These articles seek to inform readers as to the nature of social work, how social work services are structured and delivered and the challenges that are facing social work in 2018.
What makes a place a place, what makes some places work and others not and how can councils chart the story of their places and respond to the changes that inevitably happen? This briefing summarises our new long read Identity, Communities, Regeneration: sense of place in local government.
Our new monthly housing and planning round up includes government announcements, latest housing and planning news, major reports and ongoing consultation documents. This month’s ‘big issue’ is the private rented sector.
New figures show that the number of people sleeping rough is increasing year-on-year. This briefing looks in detail at the statistics produced last month by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, including figures for individual local authorities between 2010 and 2017.
The health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications that are relevant to elected members and officers interested in health and social care.
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU will have implications for many aspects of health and social care provision. For this reason, the parliamentary health select committee chose to hold an inquiry into the potential impacts.
Over the past two decades, Britain’s high streets have been in decline as consumer behaviour has changed and economic pressures are causing retailers to close their shops. Can older generations be one of the key factors in shaping the reinvention of the high street?
Ofsted has been inspecting local arrangements for Special Educational Needs and Disability, and has produced an overview report of its inspection findings. Where strong strategic leadership is found this had led to established joint working between education, health and care services and has led to the successful implementation of the new SEND arrangements and the…
Each year Ofsted produces an annual report on the findings of its inspections from early years, schools, further education and skills providers as well as local authority children's social care functions and children's care services in the voluntary sector. This briefing is on the year to September 2017. The reports identifies the "the remaining barriers…
The health select committee’s report on brexit and care expressed serious concerns over the impact of brexit, particularly on the care workforce. We summarise their recommendations here and the government’s response.
