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Social services departments in the UK have a current workforce of over 306000 and an annual budget in excess of £5000 million. In England alone, they provide care and support for around 55 000 children in local authority homes each year and for another 41 000 children who are on Child Protection Registers. In 1992, a total of 106200 people, including the elderly, those with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health problems were being supported by social services in local authority, voluntary or private residential homes (Central Statistical Office, 1994). Since 1993, the new arrangements for residential care under the National Health Service and Community Care Act (1990) mean that many more residents in voluntary and private homes have become the concern of social services departments. In addition, many thousands of families are visited by social workers each year and over 500000 older and disabled people receive domiciliary services such as home help or meals-on-wheels.
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Jones, L., Bloomfield, J. (1996). Promoting health through social services. In: Scriven, A., Orme, J. (eds) Health Promotion. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24580-2_10
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