Tag Archives | cost of living
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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce
Social care inequalities deepening due to cost of living crisis and squeezed council budgets, says CQC
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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce
Racism driving black and minority ethnic social workers into agency work, finds research
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Council social workers offered ‘full and final’ £1,925 pay rise for 2023-24
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Social work leaders, Workforce
NQSW: ‘I get to the end of the second week after being paid and don’t have any money’
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Social work leaders, Workforce
‘We are just working to live at the moment’ – social workers on the cost of living crisis
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Social work leaders, Workforce
Most social workers out of pocket from inadequate mileage allowances, survey finds
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