Tag Archives | recruitment and retention

Close-up of woman's hands with calculator and utility bills. The concept of rising prices for heating, gas, electricity. A lot of utility bills and hands in a warm sweater on a calculator

Social work leaders, Workforce

Pay now top motivator for social workers to change jobs

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Cap on care costs: significant risks around plan to deliver delayed reform by 2025, says watchdog

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Choose Social Work

Why social workers choose to stay

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Jacky Tiotto, chief executive, Cafcass

Children, Social work leaders

‘Caseloads are the vital sign of social work health’ – Cafcass chief

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of UK social worker job postings falls for fourth consecutive month, figures show

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Barnet mental health social workers striking outside the council's offices.

Adults, Workforce

Inside a social work strike: the staff fighting for a ‘safe service’

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Adults, Workforce

City council latest to face social worker strike over pay inequalities between adults’ and children’s staff

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UNISON vice president Julia Mwaluke on the picket line with Barnet UNISON strikers

Adults, Workforce

Social workers to take 26 days’ further strike action in pay and staffing dispute

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fund return to social work scheme and boost admin support to tackle vacancies, LGA urges government

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Moving from compliance to professional curiosity for social workers key to improvement – study

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Picture with a postit note that reads 'I quit!'

Social work leaders, Workforce

Almost half of social workers in Wales likely to quit profession over next five years, finds survey

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Children, Workforce

DfE sets up group to tackle social worker workloads

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Adults, Workforce

Government quizzes adult social workers on working conditions

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Close-up of woman's hands with calculator and utility bills. The concept of rising prices for heating, gas, electricity. A lot of utility bills and hands in a warm sweater on a calculator

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘There is no justification for agency and permanent social workers having very different pay’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work’s public image ‘pushing people out of frontline roles and making families distrustful’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Agency social work is a response to demand and a flexible choice for staff – so rules curbing it won’t work’

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