Wirral Council are planning to replace qualified social workers with unqualified equivalents. This is apparently in the face of the new ‘personalisation’ agenda where there will be a stronger focus on self-assessment and providing guidance and support through the new systems - none of which requires professional social work qualifications. DSNelson at Flickr Community Care picks [...]

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Posted 13 Aug 2008 6:32 AM by Fighting Monsters | Report Abuse

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