helping to improve the social care services people with dementia receive. noted the concerns expressed by Ministers about the increase in the numbers of Looked After Children (LAC) since 2003, and the inconsistency between the numbers of children in care across often neighbouring authorities. Figures for 2013-14 show that over the last decade, the number of LAC in Wales has increased by 37%, from 4,194 in 2002-03 to 5,756 as at 31 March 2014. This represents a rate of 91 per 10,000 population aged under 18, with an equivalent rate for England at 60 per 10,000 population aged under 18. Similar increases in the number and the overall rate have not been experienced in England. sub-group were aware that Ministers are keen for a greater focus on helping support families to stay together, when appropriate, and improved early intervention and preventative action with families before problems arise and become more complex. Ministers have indicated they wish to see a change in culture to one of supporting families and to consistently improving outcomes for those children that do need to be taken into care. The sub-group concluded that SCW could play an important role in helping to deliver this change. respect of domiciliary care, the sub-group highlighted the significant challenges facing the sector including resource constraints, workforce pressures, and the requirements for registration of domiciliary care workers from 2020. In the light of this, the Minister has subsequently determined that work to improve domiciliary care will be one of SCW’s early priorities. Priorities further work – sub-group recommended the transition year should be used to test out further whether these initial priorities are the right ones. The Welsh Government therefore asked SSIA in April 2016 to conduct work to engage with the social care sector, in order to further explore these potential improvement priorities identified for SCW. developed a proposed approach to the task, and agreed this with Welsh Government officials and with the Care Council for Wales. In order to gather a wide range of views, SSIA asked stakeholders to complete an online survey, and held six in-depth focus groups across Wales. For the survey, respondents were asked for their views on the sub-group’s proposed priorities, and the cross cutting priorities previously identified. The survey ran between 10 May and 24 June, and 152 responses were received. A total of 63 attendees participated in the focus groups, at which they were asked to discuss in more detail the priority areas of dementia, domiciliary care and looked after
helping to improve the social care services people with dementia receive. noted the concerns expressed by Ministers about the increase in the numbers of Looked After Children (LAC) since 2003, and the inconsistency between the numbers of children in care across often neighbouring authorities. Figures for 2013-14 show that over the last decade, the number of LAC in Wales has increased by 37%, from 4,194 in 2002-03 to 5,756 as at 31 March 2014. This represents a rate of 91 per 10,000 population aged under 18, with an equivalent rate for England at 60 per 10,000 population aged under 18. Similar increases in the number and the overall rate have not been experienced in England. sub-group were aware that Ministers are keen for a greater focus on helping support families to stay together, when appropriate, and improved early intervention and preventative action with families before problems arise and become more complex. Ministers have indicated they wish to see a change in culture to one of supporting families and to consistently improving outcomes for those children that do need to be taken into care. The sub-group concluded that SCW could play an important role in helping to deliver this change. respect of domiciliary care, the sub-group highlighted the significant challenges facing the sector including resource constraints, workforce pressures, and the requirements for registration of domiciliary care workers from 2020. In the light of this, the Minister has subsequently determined that work to improve domiciliary care will be one of SCW’s early priorities. Priorities – further work sub-group recommended the transition year should be used to test out further whether these initial priorities are the right ones. The Welsh Government therefore asked SSIA in April 2016 to conduct work to engage with the social care sector, in order to further explore these potential improvement priorities identified for SCW. developed a proposed approach to the task, and agreed this with Welsh Government officials and with the Care Council for Wales. In order to gather a wide range of views, SSIA asked stakeholders to complete an online survey, and held six in-depth focus groups across Wales. For the survey, respondents were asked for their views on the sub-group’s proposed priorities, and the cross cutting priorities previously identified. The survey ran between 10 May and 24 June, and 152 responses were received. A total of 63 attendees participated in the focus groups, at which they were asked to discuss in more detail the priority areas of dementia, domiciliary care and looked after
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