The social care workforce is over-challenged and under-appreciated – Hft

Community Integrated Care’s new report ‘Unfair To Care’ underlines the skill and complexity of frontline work in social care and provides further evidence of the need for social care funding to appropriately reflect the true cost of delivering quality care and support.

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Support worker wins award for saving the life of an adult with learning disabilities – twice

A senior support worker from Bishop’s Stortford has won a national award in recognition of his work in saving the life of a man with learning disabilities on two separate occasions.

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Learning disability charity promotes person-centred assistive technology

Hft is championing a person-centred approach with its Personalised Technology to include people with learning disabilities in key decisions.

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Hft and Care England partner to analyse challenges in the adult social care sector

Hft and Care England,have today announced their partnership to deliver Sector Pulse Check 2022, a report analysing the impact of challenges facing the adult social care sector with a focus on financial health.

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Post-punk band set to turn learning disability culture on its head

People with a learning disability often feel excluded from the arts due to a lack of representation. However, all that may change with the rise of post-punk band Ultimate Thunder.

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Autumn Statement doesn’t give the learning disability social care sector the stability it needs

"In the face of cost pressures on the learning disability social care sector - including a workforce crisis and mounting energy and wage bills – today’s additional funding is just a drop in the ocean."

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Apron or Hairdryer? – The film challenging accessibility to the arts

Matthew Watson, a person supported by Hft, is the star of short film, ‘Apron or Hairdryer?’ which will soon be screening at the Leeds International Film Festival. He has proved that having a learning disability is no barrier to success.

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