Tag Archives | Covid

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How long waits for secure care are harming children already in crisis

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'Safe working practices' written on three blocks

Social work leaders, Workforce

Staff-to-service-user ratios ‘not safe’ in UK social work, say two-thirds of practitioners

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Children, Workforce

‘Pandemic, pay cuts and poor press: is it worth staying in social work?’

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A doctor giving a woman a Covid vaccination

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Less than one in five care staff vaccinated against flu or boosted against Covid, figures reveal

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Woman receiving Covid-19 vaccine from nurse

Adults, Workforce

‘Why social care staff should get their flu and Covid-19 jabs this winter’

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Care Act front page

Adults, Social work leaders

Care Act duties ‘permanently undermined’ by widespread breaches during Covid, argues study

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Social care staff worst hit by long Covid, figures reveal

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Workforce

Latest survey on impact of Covid on social workers and care staff opens

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Children, Social work leaders

Child protection enquiries reach record levels, reveal official figures

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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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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Desk-based social work that can be done from anywhere’: Ofsted issues warning over remote working

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Sandtimer with the date '30 September'

Coronavirus, Workforce

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

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Social worker looking worried in her car

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Over 40% of social work staff have faced abuse from public this year, finds survey

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Workforce

Share your experience of working through Covid

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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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ADCS president Steve Crocker

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Quality of social workers ‘higher than ever’, says ADCS president

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