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  • Re: Strike stories

    In Kensington and Chelsea we had a brilliant two days. We are a relatively small UNISON branch that has been poorly organised for years but which is growing and getting organised with gathering momentum. I think this dispute will be remembered as a turning point for us, we have been inundated with application...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by Robert Lugg on 07-18-2008

  • Police autonomy is the way forward for social work

    by Steve Rogowski Under New Labour, there have been longstanding concerns in the public services about the amount of bureaucracy and resulting pre-occupation with paperwork, targets and performance indicators. Teachers, police officers, health and social workers all bemoan and question this aspect of...
    Posted to The Social Care Experts Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008

  • The Right to (Free) State Care

    Brown announced that he was starting a six month consultation to make decisions about reforms to the ’social care’ system and in particular, its funding. The Wanless Social Care Review was produced back in 2006 and it examined ways of paying for long term care in the face of an aging population...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-13-2008

  • Re: Should BASW forge closer links with a union?

    BASW says it has always seen its role as putting service users, practice and social work values first, and social workers themselves second; whereas unions have putting members interests first as their raison d'etre. The idea behind the link is the difficulty of drawing a firm line between these...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by Mithran on 03-05-2008
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