Coronavirus

The latest updates, news and guidance on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting on social work and social workers.

Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Social care staff worst hit by long Covid, figures reveal

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Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers’ wellbeing at work lower than that of other professions in wake of Covid, finds research

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Coronavirus, Workforce

‘Temporary’ social workers must cease practising or rejoin register by end of September

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Adults, Coronavirus

Government failure to consider risks of asymptomatic Covid spread in care homes was unlawful, rules court

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Government Covid funding for adult social care ends

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Social care honours colleagues lost to Covid

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Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce

Temporarily registered social workers urged to restore full registration to remain in practice

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Children, Coronavirus

‘Gains for care leavers must not be lost post-pandemic’

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Javid signals end to mandatory vaccination of social care staff

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Children, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Relational practice helping keep numbers entering care below long-term average, claim councils

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Coronavirus, Workforce

Two-thirds of social workers experiencing deteriorating mental health because of work, finds survey

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Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce

Omicron infections in wider workforce ‘adding pressure’ to ‘exhausted’ social workers

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

‘Grim, difficult and relentless’: stark social care staffing pressures revealed in latest data

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Omicron: councils given discretion on spending £60m adult social care fund to ensure speedy use

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Coronavirus, Workforce

How are you coping with working through Covid?

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Mandatory vaccination enforced in care homes amid mounting staff gaps and job loss warnings

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