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GSCC Chief Exec Salary is an insult to all of us on the Front Line

On one of the CareSpace Forums there is a debate on how much social workers get paid with Unison saying the average for middle-ranking social workers is £29,000 p.a., lower than many other public service workers. Added to this many social workers...

Published 24 Nov 2009 4:07 PM by TonyButcher

Filed under: GSCC, social care workers, Social Workers
"GSCC in Crisis" - Surely the Problem is Wider than That

This weeks Community Care arrived with the headline “GSCC in Crisis” but surely the problem is much wider than just the GSCC and there needs to be a pause for thought about the way forward Whilst the particular problems of the GSCC will mean...

Published 12 Nov 2009 3:58 PM by TonyButcher

Filed under: GSCC, Social Care, Green Paper, Registration, Safeguarding
An Inclusive Social Care System Should Include Social Care Workers

According to their website “ The General Social Care Council is responsible for setting standards of conduct and practice for social care workers and their employers, for regulating the workforce, and for regulating social work education and training”...

Published 8 Sep 2009 3:41 PM by TonyButcher

Filed under: Indepndent Safeguarding Authority, GSCC, Social Care, social care workers, Workforce, Participation
If politicians want to win our votes now is the time to start talking

As the summer draws to an end and the majority of us start forgetting about our holidays and start worrying about earning enough for Christmas, our nation’s politicians have one last knees up before getting back to work proper. The party conference...

Published 25 Aug 2009 1:46 PM by TonyButcher

Filed under: GSCC, Social Care, Social Work, Politics, Party Conferences, Policy, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats
GSCC - Lets Have Solutions Not Recriminations

Should we really be surprised to find out that the General Social Care Council has a backlog of referrals? At last years GSCC conference outgoing chair Sir Rodney Brooke readily admitted that the organisation would have problems this year. It has been...

Published 23 Jul 2009 1:17 PM by TonyButcher

Filed under: Indepndent Safeguarding Authority, GSCC, Social Care, Social Work

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GSCC Chief Exec Salary is an insult to all of us on the Front Line

"GSCC in Crisis" - Surely the Problem is Wider than That

An Inclusive Social Care System Should Include Social Care Workers

If politicians want to win our votes now is the time to start talking

GSCC - Lets Have Solutions Not Recriminations