Social Care Wales has announced that, from 1 July, social care employers and workers in Wales will need to follow updated Codes of Professional Practice.
Two sets of codes – The Code of Professional Practice for Social Care Workers, and the Code of Professional Practice for Social Care Employers – currently set out what is expected of social care workers and employers across Wales. According to Social Care Wales, the codes have been updated in order to make them ‘clearer and easier to follow’.
Social Care Wales has also updated its practice guidance, which explains how to apply the Workers’ Code in day-to-day practice. Standards of practice and behaviour, meanwhile, will remain unchanged.
According to the updated Code of Professional Practice for Social Care Workers itself, the new guidance is both ‘clearer and shorter, with more focus on anti-discrimination’.
The new codes can be found here: https://socialcare.wales/dealing-with-concerns/codes-of-practice-and-guidance
