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Time to fight back against The Sun's woeful Baby P coverage

Oh dear - our friends at The Sun are at it again. The tabloid's report of the General Social Care Council conduct hearings for the Peter Connelly case in the 27 May edition is not only biased but inaccurate. They even managed to get the GSCC's...

Published 27 May 2010 5:22 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Community Care, workforce, General Social Care Council, The Sun, Baby P, stand up now for social work
GSCC conducts "health check" on itself

Social work employers across England have been asked to carry out "health checks" of their own organisations to ensure conditions are conducive to good frontline practice. The General Social Care Council has followed suit by using the same toolkit...

Published 20 May 2010 12:00 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce, General Social Care Council, gscc, Social Work Task Force, health checks
Social workers 'being asked to take blood and urine samples'

Social workers in adult services are being asked to take blood and urine samples by NHS employers, according to a senior local authority director. Jo Cleary, director of adult services at Lambeth Council in London, made the revelation before an audience...

Published 19 May 2010 11:39 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, mental health, workforce, personalisation, adult services
Candidates for first college leader post face grilling

The development group for the National College of Social Work moved closer to appointing an interim chair after the deadline for applications closed this week. Although details of the recruitment process remain a closely guarded secret, Community Care...

Published 14 May 2010 11:39 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce, National college of social work
Is a Masters degree the only way into social work?

A student asks in The Independent today: I will be finishing a BA in public service management in December, and would like to go into social work, but I have been told a Masters degree is the only way. Is this right? Or does my (relevant) degree give...

Published 13 May 2010 10:56 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, training
Labour minister and former social worker loses seat

Disabled people's minister Jonathan Shaw has lost his Parliamentary seat in Chatham and Aylesford in the 2010 general election. The former social worker was beaten by Conservative candidate Tracey Crouch , who is a daughter of a social worker and...

Published 7 May 2010 12:11 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Politics, social workers
BASW launches forum for debating issues such as college

The British Association of Social Workers has launched a discussion forum, MyBASW , on its website. It's a great idea, especially in light of the recent debate over the college of social work. There were 128 responses to one of our forum debates on...

Published 5 May 2010 10:28 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, british association of social workers, BASW, social work, hilton dawson, college of social work

May 2010 - The Social Work Blog

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Time to fight back against The Sun's woeful Baby P coverage

GSCC conducts "health check" on itself

Social workers 'being asked to take blood and urine samples'

Candidates for first college leader post face grilling

Is a Masters degree the only way into social work?

Labour minister and former social worker loses seat

BASW launches forum for debating issues such as college