Social care and health
We’re responsible for providing social care for vulnerable adults and older people across Staffordshire as well as providing support for those who care for them.
Our Children and Families Social Work Teams provide advice, support and social work to families – parents, children and other carers.
- Description
- A decreasing number of nursing homes and the rising costs of placements in Staffordshire means the county council will have to step in to ensure people's care needs are being met.
- Date:
- 11 June 2019
- Description
- Carers in Staffordshire are being given the chance to shape a county-wide strategy.
- Date:
- 28 May 2019
- Description
- Staffordshire County Council is making sure it carries out assessments quickly to ensure that people unable to make their own decisions are not held against their best interests in care homes, hospices and hospitals.
- Date:
- 07 May 2019
- Description
- Our priority is to ensure those in need of care continue to receive this and we have been working closely with both the Care Quality Commission and the Four Seasons Health Care group to ensure this is the case.
- Date:
- 30 April 2019
- Description
- Proposals to join forces with other local authorities to increase the chances of looked after children finding permanent, loving homes have been backed by senior politicians.
- Date:
- 17 April 2019
- Description
- Plans to join forces with other local authorities to increase the chances of looked after children finding permanent, loving homes will be considered next week.
- Date:
- 09 April 2019
- Description
- Staffordshire County Council will continue prioritising assessments of the care of the most vulnerable people following an Ombudsman's ruling.
- Date:
- 01 April 2019