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Conduct round up: social worker cautioned for writing reference

A social worker who wrote an unauthorised reference for his son to use in a job application with Northampton Council has been admonished for three years. A General Social Care Council conduct committee found George Horne had written the majority of the...

Published 31 Mar 2010 10:03 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, General Social Care Council, conduct, social worker, scottish social services council
Baby P whistleblower pledges to shake up Haringey Council

The woman who tried to blow the whistle on poor practice at Haringey Council has joined forces with the Liberal Democrats in an attempt to improve the borough's troubled children's services. Nevres Kemal is standing for election at the same authority...

Published 24 Mar 2010 2:42 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce, social work
Social workers go to Westminster

"Go back to your departments and spread the message" was the unspoken theme of a joint DH/DCSF gathering of social workers last night. Some 200 social workers from across England had been invited to hear from the horses' mouths - those horses...

Published 23 Mar 2010 12:28 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work
World Social Work Day 2010

Social workers across the world have joined in a celebration of the positive impact of their work on the lives of people and communities in World Social Work Day 2010, held today on 16 March. Read More...

Published 16 Mar 2010 5:31 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce
Which college of social work? The battle commences online

The official National College of Social Work launched its shiny new website last week . Information about the college development group and consultation process is available to download. Hot on its heels, the British Association of Social Workers has...

Published 12 Mar 2010 12:19 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work
Has social work lost its political edge?

Has social work lost its political edge? Participants in a roles and tasks project in Northern Ireland think so. A report published by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council found that social work is less political and needs to reaffirm its role as...

Published 11 Mar 2010 11:46 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Politics, workforce, social work, northern ireland
Recession takes its toll on stressed-out workers

Around 100 union activists turned out to highlight the negative impact of cuts in the voluntary sector. The union Unite said the pressure on staff to deliver services with limited resources during the recession was leading to high levels of stress among...

Published 10 Mar 2010 11:44 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce, recession, unite
Lisa Arthurworrey: an apology

by Bronagh Miskelly In this week's Community Care magazine (11 March 2010) an unfortunate error has occurred. In the headline for the story about Lisa Arthurworrey joining the social work register the words "Harringey social worker" were...

Published 10 Mar 2010 11:43 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, Bronagh Miskelly, Haringey, Lisa Arthurworrey
Should BASW further reduce the size of its governing council?

Ken Terry's decision to resign as a council member of the British Association of Social Workers highlights an important question about the setup of the organisation. Terry criticised BASW for deciding to put proposals for a UK college of social work...

Published 10 Mar 2010 9:16 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, BASW, social work, college of social work, ken terry
The ongoing mystery of the roles and tasks of adult social workers

Care minister Phil Hope launched the long-awaited joint statement on the future roles and tasks of adult social workers at Skills for Care's annual conference last Thursday. But, try as we might, Community Care has not been able to get a copy from...

Published 4 Mar 2010 1:50 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work
BASW asked to rethink place on college development group

The British Association of Social Workers has been asked to reconsider its position on the development group for a national college of social work while it ballots its 12,500 members on forming its own UK-wide college. Allan Bowman, chair of the National...

Published 4 Mar 2010 1:11 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work
Social worker cautioned for failing to alert police to missing child

A residential social worker who failed to inform police an eight-year-old child in her care had run away has been cautioned by the General Social Care Council. Jillian Outterside was due to collect the child from Paignton Community College, Devon, on...

Published 3 Mar 2010 12:55 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, children and young people, workforce, Service users, social work, General Social Care Council, children in care, Care Homes, conduct
Almost a third of social workers being bullied by current manager

One in three social workers is being bullied by his or her current manager, according to a straw poll by Community Care . We asked more than 780 readers, "Is your current manager a bully?" and around 250 answered, "Yes". Also this...

Published 2 Mar 2010 5:23 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, Unison, social worker, bullying, stand up now for social work, bully, bullied
Unison activists step out to campaign against cuts in Bolton

Activists at Bolton's Unison branch have taken to the streets to campaign against proposed cuts to education social work at Bolton Council. The union lobbied Bolton councillors over proposals for a combined total of £7.7m in cuts, with other affected...

Published 2 Mar 2010 5:15 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: children and young people, workforce

March 2010 - The Social Work Blog

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Conduct round up: social worker cautioned for writing reference

Baby P whistleblower pledges to shake up Haringey Council

Social workers go to Westminster

World Social Work Day 2010

Which college of social work? The battle commences online

Has social work lost its political edge?

Recession takes its toll on stressed-out workers

Lisa Arthurworrey: an apology

Should BASW further reduce the size of its governing council?

The ongoing mystery of the roles and tasks of adult social workers

BASW asked to rethink place on college development group

Social worker cautioned for failing to alert police to missing child

Almost a third of social workers being bullied by current manager

Unison activists step out to campaign against cuts in Bolton