Over 6,000 people have signed Community Care's
e-petition
on the Downing Street website calling on the prime minister to urge
The Sun newspaper to back the social work profession
rather than constantly undermine it.
The deadline for signatures passed yesterday, with the total on
6,008.
Everyone who has signed the petition should receive
a response from the prime minister, one of his officials or a
minister, addressing the issues it raises.
The petition forms part of Community Care'sStand Up Now for Social Work campaign to
improve the representation of the profession in the media.
It follows
a letter sent by Community Care to Sun editor Rebekah
Wade calling on her to rethink the newspaper's negative attitude to
social workers.
The petition begins: "We the undersigned petition the prime
minister to call on The Sun newspaper to back the social
work profession." It points out that The Sun decided to
place all blame in relation to the
Baby P case on the heads of social workers and
calls on the paper to highlight the positive work social workers
do.
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