News and Opinion

On Tuesday 19th September we led a cross-party march to No.10 Downing Street to hand in our petition calling for government to align minimum care worker pay to NHS Band 3 – a plea supported by over 76,000 members of the public.

Shelve your stereotyped view of social care. There is no crisis. Not in West Dorset, at any rate.

ver the past couple of months, I and a group of fellow CEOs from many of the country’s largest social care providers of support for people with learning disabilities and autistic people have been sharing organisational performance data anonymously with social care research agency Cordis Bright.

The BBC Panorama investigation, which has uncovered abuse at one of the UK’s largest mental health hospitals, is yet another example of patients in in-patient units being subjected to abuse and mistreatment.

At Dimensions, we believe that support should always be person-centred, valuing dignity, choice, and independence. We use ethical, evidence-based approaches like Positive Behaviour Support to understand and improve behaviours, creating safe, empowering environments where people can thrive.

“With appropriate resourcing, legal frameworks and genuine co-working between agencies, families and the person, people can live in the community to achieve their potential.”

A million workers have exited the UK workforce, straining vital sectors. Adult social care faces severe shortages, leaving thousands without assessments or support.

Associate Family Consultants, Nicola, Kate and Rosie talk about relationships and sex.

This Christmas, 2,000 people with learning disabilities and/or autism will spend the festive period in long term detention.

The Dimensions Family Portal helps families to keep up with their loved ones.