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 spring booster vaccine against Covid-19 is to be offered to people most at risk of serious illness to protect them this summer.
- Date:
- 14 March 2023
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- National 'No Smoking Day' on Wednesday 8 March, is encouraging smokers to make a quit attempt and this year's theme is 'stopping smoking protects your brain health'.
- Date:
- 07 March 2023
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- The countywide awards are open to anyone who works in the adult care sector, care companies as well as informal carers. Award categories will recognise those who go above and beyond the usual high standards, placing dignity at the centre of what they do every day.
- Date:
- 02 February 2023
- Description
- Residents worried by rising energy costs are being urged to take advantage of local help to stay warm during the cold snap.
- Date:
- 18 January 2023
- Description
- Partners across Staffordshire are working together to reshape social care in the county to bring greater benefits for staff and the people they support.
- Date:
- 16 January 2023
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- Every year, tens of thousands of children across the UK need someone to provide foster care. Staffordshire currently has around 400 foster families, however the service is aiming to recruit a further 60 families this year.
- Date:
- 09 January 2023
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- People in Staffordshire are being reminded about the dangers of playing near or on frozen bodies of water.
- Date:
- 12 December 2022
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- People in Staffordshire are being reminded that they're not alone during their darkest hours this Christmas and New Year as part of a new campaign.
- Date:
- 08 December 2022