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Navigating complexity: Safeguarding adults amidst the cost of living, hospital discharge and winter pressures

This insight project was developed to get a national temperature check of safeguarding adults’ activity during April 2022-March 2023, surrounding the impact of the cost of living, hospital discharge and winter pressures.

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Second national analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews: April 2019 - March 2023

The purpose of the analysis was to identify priorities for sector-led improvement as a result of learning from SARs completed between 2019 and 2023, a period of time that included the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis builds on the findings of the first national analysis, published in 2020, which considered learning from SARs completed between 2017 and 2019.

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Building a cyber resilient service guidance for directors of council services

Building a cyber resilient service: Guidance for directors of council services

This document aims to support you, as a director, to develop proactive, protective strategies and capabilities to enhance the cyber resilience of your council services. Some recommendations are technical, some organisational and some are about your people.

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Work Local: our employment and skills offer to a new Government to boost inclusive growth (2024)

Work Local: Our employment and skills offer to a new Government to boost inclusive growth (2024)

Central to a new Government should be a reformed and ambitious employment and skills offer, linked to local services and meeting local needs.

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The gender pay gap in local government 2023/24

This paper summarises the 2023/24 data submitted by English local authorities as at 19 April 2024.

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Towards an effective and financially sustainable approach to SEND in England

This research produced by Isos Partnership, commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) and County Councils Network (CCN), explores the need for fundamental reform of the SEND system in England.

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A councillor’s workbook on supporting residents with complex issues

Councillor workbook: Supporting residents with complex issues

This councillor workbook offers strategies and practical guidance on how to best support residents with complex issues which might not have immediate solutions

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A National summary report of the Employer Standards Survey for occupational therapists - August 2024

The Employer Standards survey, also known as the ‘health check’, gives a voice to registered social workers, occupational therapists, and non-registered social care professionals. It helps them feel listened to and know that their employers are proactive in tackling challenges. The key purpose of the survey is to better understand a number of critical questions about the experiences of the social care workforce in England.

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Household Support Fund survey report: June/July 2024

From June to July 2024 the Local Government Association (LGA) conducted an online survey to identify the impact that is likely to result from the Government’s plan not to extend the Household Support Fund beyond September 2024.

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Building a better future: an assessment of the economic and social benefits of five-year housing regimes

Building a better future: An assessment of the economic and social benefits of five-year housing regimes

This report was commissioned to develop the evidence base to further support our six-point action plan for housing, specifically the point to roll-out five-year local housing deals to all areas of the country that want them by 2025 – combining funding from multiple national housing programmes into a single pot.

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