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Top iPhone and android apps for social workers

Care Homes Tomorrow's guides ltd Price: Free This app provides a guide to 25,000 care homes across the UK giving you a reference point to help discuss care home options with clients in their own homes or hospital. You can filter results by client...

Published 21 Dec 2010 12:38 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, android, apps, iphone
Council spends £200k on social work assistants

Bristol Council has invested £200,000 in hiring social work assistants to free up social workers' time. The seven full-time assistants will take on routine tasks such as reviewing payments, passport applications, medical paperwork or supervising contact...

Published 20 Dec 2010 11:57 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, bristol council, social work assistants
How councils stole Christmas

What is the difference between the Grinch and local authorities? Not much, it turns out. Many councils will celebrate the Christmas holidays with widespread redundancies. So widespread, in fact, that the number of job losses directly resulting from the...

Published 16 Dec 2010 10:33 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, christmas, redundancy, the grinch
Health Professions Council to consult sector on changes to social work regulation

The Health Professions Council has revealed who it will consult on future changes to social work regulation. A "professional liaison group" has been set up to provide the HPC with advice on how to smooth the transition of regulatory functions...

Published 15 Dec 2010 12:52 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, General Social Care Council, health professions council
Is it OK to send Christmas cards to service users?

Whether to send cards to service users is a common dilemma for practitioners over the festive period, with some suggesting that it would be uncaring not to think of service users, particularly children, at this time of year. However, others warned that...

Published 15 Dec 2010 12:41 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, christmas cards
Will the national standard for employers reduce violence against social workers?

The Social Work Reform Board's first progress report was, arguably, always going to be met with disappointment in some quarters, given the number of different organisations involved in producing it. The British Association of Social Workers seems...

Published 15 Dec 2010 11:56 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, BASW, social work, Unison, social work reform board, standard for employers
Proposals to overhaul social work supervision and training expected tomorrow

Proposals to drastically overhaul training and support for social workers will be laid out tomorrow in the Social Work Reform Board's first report. Social workers will find out exactly what the board has been doing since its formation in January,...

Published 13 Dec 2010 12:46 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, social work reform board, moria gibb
Husband charged with murder of social worker

A man has been charged with the murder of Surrey social worker Laura Grace Emily Davies Jones. Richard Davies Jones, 33, a solicitor from Woodfield Lane, Lower Ashtead, was charged this morning with the murder of his 31-year-old wife. Police officers...

Published 13 Dec 2010 11:49 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, surrey, laura grace emily davies jones, murder, richard davies jones
Questions on College of Social Work answered

Would you pay an annual fee of £270 to join the College of Social Work? Will you be able to receive advice and representation and other union services under the membership deal with Unison? Has the College business plan been finalised yet? All of these...

Published 13 Dec 2010 11:33 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, social work, college of social work
Unison extends deadline for social work awards

Unison has extended the deadline for entering its social work awards until the end of the month. The union is encouraging its members to nominate social workers for their achievements in making a difference to the lives of vulnerable people. Visit Unison's...

Published 13 Dec 2010 10:20 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, Unison, awards, union
Dorset Council to axe 500 posts

Dorset Council is expected to axe 500 posts in the next financial year, the Dorset Echo reports . An employee in the adult social care department told the paper: "It's horrendous news. We knew that cuts were coming but to hear that 500 staff...

Published 10 Dec 2010 11:12 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, job cuts, dorset council
Don't kick policewomen and other valuable lessons

As 2010 draws to a close, the Community Care team has been reminiscing about some of the best (and most bizarre) conduct cases of the year. Here are some lessons we could all learn: DON'T tell female colleagues you can picture them in Miss Whiplash...

Published 9 Dec 2010 4:22 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, conduct
Will social work students have to pay for their training?

As student protests gather momentum on the day of the tuition fees vote in Parliament, uncertainty continues to surround the future funding arrangements for the social work degree in England. Academics are becoming increasingly concerned about the government's...

Published 9 Dec 2010 11:54 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, funding
Surrey social worker stabbed to death

A 31-year-old social worker was stabbed to death in Lower Ashtead, Surrey last week, the police have confirmed. Laura Grace Emily Davies Jones, was found seriously injured at what is believed to be her home address last Wednesday and declared dead half...

Published 7 Dec 2010 9:43 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: violence, social work, surrey
Is current social work training on drugs fit for purpose?

A poll of social workers has found a vast majority of them would like to see substance misuse added to the social work degree. In a survey of 900 practitioners and students, the General Social Care Council found that 89% wanted initial training to cover...

Published 6 Dec 2010 11:42 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, drugs
Social workers are "living in a cocoon"

Throughout the past year, as more and more councils have announced significant job cuts, spokesmen and women have stuck to the mantra that "frontline social work services will be protected". But two recent events seem to burst that bubble. Firstly...

Published 2 Dec 2010 3:44 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, angus council, derbyshire council, job cuts, redundancy

December 2010 - The Social Work Blog

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Top iPhone and android apps for social workers

Council spends £200k on social work assistants

How councils stole Christmas

Health Professions Council to consult sector on changes to social work regulation

Is it OK to send Christmas cards to service users?

Will the national standard for employers reduce violence against social workers?

Proposals to overhaul social work supervision and training expected tomorrow

Husband charged with murder of social worker

Questions on College of Social Work answered

Unison extends deadline for social work awards

Dorset Council to axe 500 posts

Don't kick policewomen and other valuable lessons

Will social work students have to pay for their training?

Surrey social worker stabbed to death

Is current social work training on drugs fit for purpose?

Social workers are "living in a cocoon"