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To outsource or not to outsource? Suffolk and co-operatives

Unions were concerned last week to hear that the Department for Education has decided to pilot independent social work practices for children in care in up to 20 more local authorities in England . They say the practices could lead to more bureaucracy...

Published 29 Sep 2010 12:14 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, unions, labour conference, co-operatives, social work practices, suffolk council
Baby P's social workers sacked to get council "off the hook"

Baby P's social workers were sacked to get Haringey Council "off the hook" and satisfy demand for retribution during the second trial of Peter Connelly's mother , it was claimed today. Maria Ward and Gillian Christou are claiming unfair...

Published 23 Sep 2010 3:35 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, Baby P, Haringey Council, Peter Connelly, gillian christou, maria ward
Student Zone: let us know what you think of Sam (and the site)

Community Care 's new Student Zone has received overwhelming support from sector leaders, including the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the General Social Care Council's head of education and one of the interim...

Published 22 Sep 2010 1:06 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, training, students, college of social work, student zone
Four in 10 social workers cannot manage their caseloads

Four in 10 social workers in England and Wales feels their caseloads are unmanageable, according to social work recruitment consultancy Liquid Personnel . This supports Community Care 's finding earlier this month that one in six social workers has...

Published 22 Sep 2010 11:11 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, caseloads
Lib Dem MPs queue up to praise the Big Society

Lib Dem MPs queued up to praise David Cameron's Big Society agenda (above) at the party's annual conference in Liverpool today. Children's minister Sarah Teather said the qualities of "localism, pluralism and diversity are what the Liberal...

Published 21 Sep 2010 3:26 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Politics, voluntary sector
Stop moaning about cuts, Telegraph blogger tells unions

A Telegraph columnist has rounded on unions for "squealing" about spending cuts and threatening to launch co-ordinated industrial action in protest. At the TUC annual conference this week, general secretary Brendan Barber (pictured) promised...

Published 17 Sep 2010 11:38 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: local authorities, unions, spending cuts
News round up: conduct, pay and conditions in Birmingham

A social care worker in Northern Ireland has been banned from practice for assaulting a service user. Belia Bernard was convicted of the offence at Newtownabbey Magistrate's Court on 23 June 2009. The Northern Ireland Social Care Council has not released...

Published 14 Sep 2010 6:12 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work
Will social workers go on strike? They just might...

Strong words from Fighting Monsters about impending strikes. We were wondering in the office whether social workers would start to rally behind the unions. "I feel far more inclined to strike now, over this, and over this government's attitude...

Published 14 Sep 2010 12:59 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, fighting monsters, social work, strikes, cuts
Social workers challenge sacking over Gary Glitter email

Four former social work staff are claiming unfair dismissal after being sacked for distributing a joke e-mail of convicted paedophile Gary Glitter, according to the BBC . They have raised an action against South Lanarkshire Council alleging their sacking...

Published 13 Sep 2010 6:20 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, conduct, gary glitter, south lanarkshire council
Mother attacks two social workers at their office

A mother of four faces jail after attacking two social workers at their office in Edinburgh, The Scotsman reports . The woman apparently pulled one social worker to the ground by her hair and spat on her, before yanking out a piece of the other worker's...

Published 13 Sep 2010 12:49 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, violence, social work
Employers not supporting staff to complete PRTL, finds GSCC

Half of the social workers in England are receiving less than two hours of supervision per month and some receive none at all, according to a poll by the General Social Care Council . Readers of the GSCC's magazine, Social Work Connection , were also...

Published 10 Sep 2010 5:23 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, General Social Care Council, gscc, training, supervision
Chair of Social Work Reform Board to lead Islington Council

Moira Gibb will become joint-chief executive of Camden and Islington Councils in May next year, according to local reports . But where will this leave the Social Work Reform Board, of which she is currently chair? The reform board was set up to take forward...

Published 8 Sep 2010 4:21 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, sport, social work reform board, moira gibb
Social workers "should not be disciplined for voicing opinions"

Sue White, chair of the Association of Professors of Social Work, comments on Community Care 's story, " GSCC accuses Cafcass over 'dishonest spin' in conduct case ": "Whilst I have no details of the specifics apart from those...

Published 8 Sep 2010 12:28 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, General Social Care Council, gscc, association of professors of social work, cafcass, sue white
Why the General Social Care Council "must be saved"

An interesting blog on why the General Social Care Council "must be saved" by Nick Johnson, chief executive of the Social Care Association, has just appeared on The Guardian 's website. Read More...

Published 7 Sep 2010 6:06 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, General Social Care Council, gscc, health professions council, hpc
North Lanarkshire Council may cut more than 1,000 jobs

North Lanarkshire Council may cut more than 1,000 jobs, according to the BBC . Click here for Community Care 's interactive map of spending cuts across the UK Read More...

Published 7 Sep 2010 12:20 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, cuts, north lanarkshire council
BASW on Daybreak, regulation and spending cuts

The British Association of Social Workers has had a busy few days. Chief executive Hilton Dawson has written to care services minister Paul Burstow expressing his disappointment that BASW was not invited to sit on the oversight group for the abolition...

Published 7 Sep 2010 10:49 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, british association of social workers, BASW, social work, General Social Care Council, gscc, daybreak, health check
Charities feel burden of high social worker vacancy rates

Home-Start Richmond, a charity that supports families with children under five by offering emotional and practical support, is taking on cases normally dealt with by social workers due to high vacancy rates in the council, the Richmond and Twickenham...

Published 3 Sep 2010 10:48 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, vacancy rates, richmond council

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To outsource or not to outsource? Suffolk and co-operatives

Baby P's social workers sacked to get council "off the hook"

Student Zone: let us know what you think of Sam (and the site)

Four in 10 social workers cannot manage their caseloads

Lib Dem MPs queue up to praise the Big Society

Stop moaning about cuts, Telegraph blogger tells unions

News round up: conduct, pay and conditions in Birmingham

Will social workers go on strike? They just might...

Social workers challenge sacking over Gary Glitter email

Mother attacks two social workers at their office

Employers not supporting staff to complete PRTL, finds GSCC

Chair of Social Work Reform Board to lead Islington Council

Social workers "should not be disciplined for voicing opinions"

Why the General Social Care Council "must be saved"

North Lanarkshire Council may cut more than 1,000 jobs

BASW on Daybreak, regulation and spending cuts

Charities feel burden of high social worker vacancy rates