About Kirsty McGregor

Kirsty McGregor is Community Care's workforce editor, responsible for our coverage of social work pay, conditions and conduct.

Author Archive | Kirsty McGregor

Workforce

Social Work Watch: Take part in our survey on 29 April and show the realities of social work

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Workforce

Profession polarised by proposal to increase entry requirements for social work degree

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Workforce, Children

English councils recorded up to 36 children in need per social worker in 2013, new data shows

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Workforce

‘The recent education reviews demonstrate the limited impact of the Social Work Reform Board’s proposals’

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Workforce

Number of local authority adult social care jobs in England fell by 7% last year

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Workforce

Do you agree with Croisdale-Appleby’s proposals for reforming social work education?

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Workforce

MSP demands national debate on social care in Scotland after survey exposes poor conditions for staff

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Fitness to practise hearing

Workforce

Social worker who gave her relatives false job references suspended for another six months

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Workforce

Is enough attention given to caseloads, supervision and management during fitness to practise hearings?

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Workforce

Frontline practitioners support Narey plan to split social work degree, Community Care poll shows

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Workforce

Children’s social workers in England may have to take a licence to practise exam in the future, says Michael Gove

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Workforce

Do you agree with Narey’s proposals for reforming children’s social work education?

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Workforce

Narey: Undergraduate students should be allowed to specialise in children’s social work

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College of Social Work chair Jo Cleary

Workforce

‘We are equal to the challenge set out for us by Narey,’ says The College of Social Work

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Baby P

Adults, Children, Workforce

Care Quality Commission hires Baby P whistleblower to improve system for raising social care concerns

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Bridget Robb

Workforce

Employers should not make membership of The College of Social Work mandatory, says BASW

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