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

Unions demand £1 per hour pay rise for local government social care staff in 2014

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Workforce

‘All social workers should be given a chance to take part in action learning sets, not just the newly qualified’

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Workforce

UK’s largest home care provider offers staff guaranteed hours contracts, but non-payment of travel time still to be addressed

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Workforce

‘We get lots of CVs from newly qualified social workers. We’re looking for sharp people who can write well’

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Children

Birmingham’s children’s services face government takeover by Christmas

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Workforce

Social work students being given unsupervised responsibility for risk and safeguarding assessments on placement

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Workforce

Care providers who fail to pay the minimum wage could be damaging their business, research shows

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Workforce

How stressed are the UK’s social workers?

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Workforce

Find out the vacancy rates in social work teams in your local authority

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Workforce

‘The media should be more careful to make the distinction between social care and work’

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Workforce

Social worker vacancy rates fall to a four-year low, while use of agency staff rises

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Health and Care Professions Council

Workforce

Social worker suspended for failing to maintain accurate records and manage her caseload

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Workforce

UK social workers head to Palestine to observe child protection practices

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Workforce

Care support staff will have to obtain a certificate before working unsupervised, confirms health minister

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Workforce

Providers, commissioners and care workers come together for launch of campaign to end 15-minute visits

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Workforce

Length of home care visits could be monitored by Care Quality Commission

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