Social work news
External news
2 years ago
Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum
Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news events conversations tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week From the soaring vacancies in the children's social work sector and Community Care's Festival of Learning...
External news
2 years ago
Ten Ways to be an Ally as a Social Worker
As we continue our conversations around celebrating LGBTQ month we wanted to share some practical tips on how to be an ally Brittany Bernard is in Frontline's curriculum team and currently undertaking a PhD exploring how social care can be more inclusive of LGBTQ people...
External news
2 years ago
Council social workers offered ‘full and final’ £1,925 pay rise for 2023-24
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll Council leaders have offered social workers and other care staff in England and Wales a pay rise for - matching...
External news
2 years ago
Number of frontline children’s social workers down 8% since 2020 as vacancies soar
The number of frontline children's social workers employed by English councils or children's trusts has tumbled by since official data shows The Department for Education's annual workforce census released today showed that the number of permanent full-time equivalent...
External news
2 years ago
Sharp rise in vacancies placing ‘significant stress’ on social care OTs, warns college
A sharp rise in vacancy rates for council occupational therapists is putting significant stress on remaining practitioners OT leaders have warned As of September of OT posts in council adults' services departments were vacant up from a...
External news
2 years ago
Councils urged to look beyond social work to widen pool of future DCSs
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll Councils are being urged to look beyond social work for potential directors of children's services DCSs after a survey found two-thirds...
CSWM news
2 years ago
City of York Council - Children's Social Care Recruitment Event
Are you an experienced and qualified social worker looking for a new challenge in a new city?
External news
2 years ago
Readers’ take: the impact of proposed agency social work rules
The Department for Education's DfE proposals to reduce the use and cost of agency social work in children's services have split sector opinion For directors of children's services DCSs the proposed rules -- including national pay caps for locums barring...
External news
2 years ago
Do you struggle to work with adults with executive functioning issues?
Do you struggle when working with adults who while verbally articulate struggle with carrying out day-to-day tasks or take decisions that put themselves at risk At Community Care's forthcoming Festival of Learning - March we will be providing social workers...
External news
2 years ago
Are regional care co-operatives the answer to care placement challenge?
The last few years have seen a plethora of reports about the lack of appropriate placements for children in care and the dire outcomes that have followed These include children and young being placed far from loved-ones and social networks...