Social work news
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...
External news
2 years ago
Adults Social Worker Care Act Assessment Team (CAAsT)
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External news
2 years ago
Social Work Recap: #CareDay, campaign for neurodivergent staff and recruiting from overseas
In our new series Social Work Recap we present key social work news events conversations tweets and campaigns from the preceding week From a celebration of care experienced people to a campaign highlighting neurodivergent social workers' voices here's this week's...
External news
2 years ago
Adult social workers’ pay down over past decade amid hike in vacancies
Note There is a poll embedded within this post please visit the site to participate in this post's poll Average pay for council adults' social workers in England has fallen in real terms over the past decade annual workforce data...
External news
2 years ago
Social Work England to research profession’s recruitment and retention challenges
Social Work England is commissioning research into the profession's mounting recruitment and retention challenges particularly in councils It has issued a tender of up to for researchers to examine the key drivers of high vacancies and help it identify...