About Kirsty McGregor

Kirsty McGregor is Community Care's workforce editor, responsible for our coverage of social work pay, conditions and conduct.

Author Archive | Kirsty McGregor

Isabelle Trowler

Workforce

Munro review is being implemented on the ground, insists chief social worker

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Workforce

‘The revised standards for social work employers are an opportunity not to be missed’

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Annie Hudson

Workforce

‘It is a real credit to the dedication, hard work and professionalism of social workers’

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Workforce

Social workers going above and beyond to fit in time with service users

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Workforce

Employers should respect social workers’ judgements about workload capacity, say revised standards

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Workforce

Video: How to prepare for an audit of your social work CPD profile

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Workforce

Care workers should be registered and licensed, recommends Labour review

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Karen Ali

Workforce

How regional training is helping Yorkshire’s social work managers to motivate staff

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Rosie Cole

Workforce

‘I realised that lots of different people do social work and practise in different ways’

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Alison O'Sullivan

Workforce

‘If we can improve the profile of the region, we’ll attract more social workers’

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Adults

Estimated 600 more people in Scotland to benefit from Independent Living Fund

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Workforce

Survey: Show the public what social workers do every day

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Workforce

Local authority social workers will be asked to support strike action over pay

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Workforce

Better pay for home care workers ‘not enough to ensure improvement of services’

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Workforce

Why is it so hard to fail social work students in practice learning settings?

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Workforce

Negative register for social care staff back on the cards following Law Commission review

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