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@CareReviewWatch
13 hours ago
RT @SWU_UK: Calling all UK Social Work Students and Apprentices: The annual #SWUAssignment #WorldSocialWorkDay essay competition is now ope…
External news
1 month ago
Care workers’ lack of power at work behind tolerance of poor pay and conditions, finds report
Care workers' weak power in the workplace helps explain why they put up with poor pay and conditions a report has found Their sense of vocation low levels of trade union membership and a lack of alternative flexible employment options...
@BASW_UK
13 hours ago
RT @RachelLarkin7: Really encouraging & thought provoking webinar marking World Social Work day. Good to hear positive ideas & calls for co…
External news
1 month ago
Social work in prisons: ‘it’s not what you think’
I really take a lot of pleasure in seeing people go from being in a very distressed position not being able to cope not managing not thinking things are worthwhile giving up to seeing them progress to where they are...
@cypnow
13 hours ago
Met Police condemned over child safeguarding failures https://t.co/mDfZxTNokw https://t.co/Iul0RR8New
External news
1 month ago
Sir John Timpson shares his thoughts on attachment and always looking for opportunities to support children where they are.
Our trustee Sir John Timpson shares his thoughts on attachment and always looking for opportunities to support children where they are...
@barnardos
13 hours ago
For fosterers and adopters, young carers and their family,
no child is turned away from the help they need,
and w… https://t.co/q1xAD371hV
External news
1 month ago
Is indigenisation a social justice risk? Exploring indigenisation of social work in Africa through the lens of universalism versus relativism of social work ethics and values
International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt With the indigenisation of social work gathering momentum the lens of universalism and relativism can highlight some critical social justice concerns Sociocultural beliefs around human rights and gender equality reproductive health and traditional fostering among others pose unprecedented dilemmas for social workers in Africa and indigenous societies globally Furthermore the blind pursuit of indigenisation can reinforce discriminatory and oppressive beliefs and practices To rectify this developing...
@bycLIVE
13 hours ago
RT @RunnymedeTrust: Community policing requires trust first, as a precondition. Increasing the presence of the Met is clearly not the solut…
External news
1 month ago
Mental health patient safety review launched in wake of abuse reports
The government has launched a rapid review into the safety of patients in mental health hospitals in the wake of a series of reports of abuse and poor care Mental health minister Maria Caulfield announced the short inquiry in a...
@bycLIVE
13 hours ago
RT @RunnymedeTrust: 🚨 Enough is enough
#Casey’s findings are not new. Minoritised people have borne the brunt of grave misuses of police p…
External news
1 month ago
‘Why do we do social work, when it takes us away from our own children?’
By Michael Mapp Driving an hour or two away for a child on safeguarding visits means you're an hour or two away from your own child should something happen at school or on their walk home from school So you...
@nasw
13 hours ago
Registration for#NASWLeadership2023 is now open! The Summit is June 22 & will be 100% virtual. Enjoy keynote, plena… https://t.co/2NiqBFReLG
External news
1 month ago
unaccompanied children still missing after disappearing from Home Office hotels
Two hundred unaccompanied asylum-seeking children remain missing after disappearing from Home Office-commissioned hotels a minister has admitted Junior immigration minister Lord Murray revealed the figure in response to a question in the House of Lords today He said that over...
@SocialWorkEng
13 hours ago
RT @KateMetcalf1: Fantastic celebration for #worldsocialworkday in Southampton today. Had the pleasure to meet social workers and see thei…
External news
1 month ago
Senior Social Worker
https jobs communitycare co uk job senior-social-worker-...
@nasw
13 hours ago
#Happy #SocialWorkMonth - You can find a link to the #Ipsos Survey on #SocialWork on #NASW's website:… https://t.co/TE31CnvY1u
External news
1 month ago
Cafcass ‘imposes’ 2.5% pay deal on staff without agreement, say unions
Cafcass has imposed its salary offer on staff without agreement unions have said Following inconclusive talks brokered by mediation service ACAS the family courts body has implemented its offer for - without resolving its pay dispute and in the...
@nyccjobs
13 hours ago
📋We are pleased to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Building Surveyor to join Align Property Partne… https://t.co/RaYkbR9bCc
External news
1 month ago
Social work diary: ‘Why I introduce myself as a social worker, not a manager’
Have you ever sat in a meeting where everyone is asked to go around the table albeit virtual and state who they are Everyone gives their name and their job title but is that who they really are At what...