Legal

All our recent legal stories are below. But if you need more, Community Care Inform Children and Community Care Inform Adults provide digested versions of all the major statutes that govern the work of social workers and other professionals working to support children and young people, and adults, respectively. For more information email the Community Care Inform helpdesk

Adults, Children, Workforce

Are riot-related social housing evictions just empty threats?

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Unlawful threshold rise sends message to councils on care cuts

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Workforce, Adults, Mental Health

Deprivation of liberty safeguards guide for care homes

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Workforce

Questions raised over legality of Unison strike ballot

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Adults, Workforce

Legal Update: latest adult social care cases including learning disabilities and personalisation

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Children, Workforce

Tips on writing welfare reports in private law cases

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Workforce

Council in clear over allegations in job reference

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Workforce

Book review: Using the Law in Social Work (5th edition)

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Adults, Workforce

Councils must beware legal limits of contracting out

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Children, Workforce

Legal Aid Bill ‘could leave thousands of children at risk’

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Adults, Workforce

Supreme Court to rule on council care worker pay ‘bias’

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Half of councils failed to carry out 12-week consultations

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Legal claims on council social care policies up by 45%

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

One in 10 council adult social care budgets may be illegal

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Adults, Children, Workforce

‘Uphill battle’ for councils that want to evict rioters

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Adults, Children, Workforce, Mental Health

Social services must house homeless mental health clients

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