Coronavirus
The latest updates, news and guidance on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting on social work and social workers.
Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce
Mandatory CPD or ASYE boost needed to tackle Covid impact on social work education, finds study
Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders
Covid sees end to year-on-year fall in adults receiving long-term care
Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social workers’ wellbeing and quality of working life have decreased over course of pandemic, study finds
Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders
£388m winter funding for adult care ‘too little, too late’, warns provider body
Children, Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce
Growing majority of children’s social workers feeling stressed and overworked, finds DfE study
Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce
Care Act relaxations removed from statute books four months after decision to do so
Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce
‘Very significant risks’ from self-isolation exemption for double-jabbed social care staff, says ADASS
Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce
Social workers going into care homes must be vaccinated against Covid, government decides
Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders
Care demand rising with more expected, as service capacity lags below pre-Covid levels, says ADASS
Children, Coronavirus, Social work leaders
Children’s social work case complexity has increased due to Covid, councils tell DfE
Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders
‘The injustice exposed by Covid has left me angrier’, says outgoing social care directors’ leader
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