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Kent to axe 1,500 posts but no plans to outsource services

Speculation is mounting about the impact of job losses in Kent, after the council confirmed that up to 1,500 posts could be axed. The authority is consulting on plans to restructure in an attempt to plug its £340m budget deficit . Under the proposals...

Published 27 Oct 2010 12:18 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, Kent Council, suffolk council, comprehensive spending review, big society
Breaking news: working in the public sector can be stressful

Social workers may not be surprised to hear that stress has been fingered as the main cause of long-term absence in the public sector. Public sector employees took three more sick days off on average last year than those in the public sector, according...

Published 25 Oct 2010 3:41 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, stress, burnout
Do you find it hard to say goodbye? Test yourself in our quiz

Social workers are in the business of building up relationships with service users based on empathy and respect, but what happens when it's time to close a case or pass it on? Take part in our quick-fire quiz to test your skills and awareness around...

Published 22 Oct 2010 3:52 PM by The Social Work Blog
Failure to ring-fence social care funding provokes anger

The government's failure to ring-fence social work and social care funding has provoked angry reactions from the British Association of Social Workers and trade union Aspect. Documents released by the government show adult social care will receive...

Published 20 Oct 2010 5:25 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, british association of social workers, BASW, social work, cuts, comprehensive spending review, aspect, spending review
How to join in the comprehensive spending review debate

The comprehensive spending review is nearly upon us. Hurrah, I hear you cry. Community Care will provide live coverage starting at 12:30pm, including analysis of what the review means for social care. Follow our live coverage and join in the debate on...

Published 20 Oct 2010 11:16 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social care, social work, comprehensive spending review, CSR
Tracy Dawber and the faltering argument for vetting and barring

Care worker Tracy Dawber has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a five-month-old baby and allowing her boyfriend to take photographs of the abuse on his mobile phone, the Daily Mail , BBC and Mirror report. Dawber was the fifth person linked to...

Published 19 Oct 2010 1:05 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, vetting and barring, tracy dawber, vanessa george
What would a chief social worker do for the profession?

The British Association of Social Workers has thrown its full backing behind the idea of a chief social worker in England - but how would the role differ from that of chair of the College of Social Work? The answer is simple enough. Other professions...

Published 15 Oct 2010 6:02 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, tories, workforce, british association of social workers, BASW, social work, Conservatives, Tim Loughton, chief social worker
Thieves pretending to be social workers target vulnerable adults

Police in Sutton, south London, are urging elderly residents to keep out unknown and unexpected callers after two elderly residents were robbed by thieves pretending to be social workers, the local Guardian reports . A spokesperson for Sutton's social...

Published 14 Oct 2010 11:28 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, Doncaster Council, newspapers, vulnerable adults
Test your drugs knowledge with Community Care's quick quiz

Demand is growing for compulsory training for social workers on substance misuse amid concern that families receive inadequate support to overcome drugs and alcohol. How much do you know about illegal drugs? Can you spot the signs of substance misuse...

Published 13 Oct 2010 11:21 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, drugs, social work, substance misuse, drug addiction, quiz
Care worker found guilty of stealing from vulnerable 70-year-old

A care worker has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence for stealing £700 from a 70-year-old woman with speech and mobility difficulties, the Hertfordshire Mercury reports . Julia Fretton, 41, would take the woman to the bank to withdraw money...

Published 11 Oct 2010 2:07 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, care worker, theft
Calling all care workers: second UK Caring Competition

The National Skills Academy for Social Care is looking for people training or working in adult social care to take part in next year's Worldskills UK Caring Competition . Successful applicants will have to compete in regional heats before proceeding...

Published 11 Oct 2010 11:37 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, caring competition, national skills academy for social care
Which social care quangos should be axed? Have your say

Government ministers are rumoured to be preparing a 'bonfire of the quangos' in the comprehensive spending review, due out on 20 October. National bodies supporting the social care sector are facing a shake-up, and Community Care has launched...

Published 11 Oct 2010 10:11 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce
More social workers being cleared of misconduct

More social workers are being cleared of misconduct by the General Social Care Council than ever before, according to an investigation by The British Association of Social Workers . Since January, 125 cases have been heard by the regulator, of which 17...

Published 8 Oct 2010 4:03 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, british association of social workers, BASW, social work, General Social Care Council, conduct, gscc
Cameron praises 'compassion of care workers' at long last

Politicians love to extol the virtues of public service workers but social care workers rarely, if ever, feature in their platitudes. So I was watching David Cameron's speech at the Conservative party conference with some trepidation when he faithfully...

Published 7 Oct 2010 3:18 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce
Mother sentenced over attack on two social workers

A mother of four who attacked two social workers and ripped hair from their heads has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service and told to pay her victims £150 each in compensation, the Edinburgh Evening News reports . Community Care 's special...

Published 7 Oct 2010 12:12 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce
Children's minister stands up for social work

Children's minister Tim Loughton used a speech at the Conservative Party Conference tonight to champion the importance of social workers. "I have enormous respect for social workers," he said at a fringe event called the Family Room reception...

Published 4 Oct 2010 10:26 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: child protection, social workers, children and young people, workforce, local authorities, social work, children in care, Tim Loughton
Child protection workers complain of "mental instability"

Seven in 10 child protection social workers say their work has caused them "emotional or mental instability", with 45% of these admitting to having taken time off work as a result, according to a survey by the British Association of Social Workers...

Published 4 Oct 2010 4:08 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, BASW, social work, stress, social work contract
"Set up your own mutuals", minister tells public sector workers

Cabinet office minister Francis Maude has invited more public sector workers to set up their own mutuals to deliver services themselves. Maude claims there has been much interest among workers in "spinning themselves out" of the public sector...

Published 3 Oct 2010 11:37 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: workforce, social work, mutuals

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Kent to axe 1,500 posts but no plans to outsource services

Breaking news: working in the public sector can be stressful

Do you find it hard to say goodbye? Test yourself in our quiz

Failure to ring-fence social care funding provokes anger

How to join in the comprehensive spending review debate

Tracy Dawber and the faltering argument for vetting and barring

What would a chief social worker do for the profession?

Thieves pretending to be social workers target vulnerable adults

Test your drugs knowledge with Community Care's quick quiz

Care worker found guilty of stealing from vulnerable 70-year-old

Calling all care workers: second UK Caring Competition

Which social care quangos should be axed? Have your say

More social workers being cleared of misconduct

Cameron praises 'compassion of care workers' at long last

Mother sentenced over attack on two social workers

Children's minister stands up for social work

Child protection workers complain of "mental instability"

"Set up your own mutuals", minister tells public sector workers