Tag Archives | social work recruitment and retention

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work leaders come together to tackle mounting workforce issues

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

40% rise in number of social workers quitting children’s posts annually over past five years

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum

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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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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

UPDATED: Number of frontline children's social workers down 8% since 2020 as vacancies soar

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Sharp rise in vacancies placing ‘significant stress’ on social care OTs, warns college

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Children, Workforce

Readers’ Take: the impact of proposed agency social work rules

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Adults, Workforce

Adult social workers’ pay down over past decade amid hike in vacancies

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Colum Conway, chief executive, Social Work England

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England to research profession’s recruitment and retention challenges

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Does the DfE’s care review response address the pressures behind social workers leaving their jobs?

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund

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The word 'recruit' spelt out

Social work leaders, Workforce

Most councils struggling to recruit and retain social workers, finds LGA

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ADCS president Steve Crocker

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care review response will start to address mounting social work pressures, says ADCS president

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fivefold rise in number of social workers hired through agency teams in past year, report directors

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

One in five children’s social work posts vacant in wake of rising stress and workloads, finds research

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker shortages making job ‘unsustainable’ for some, warns Ofsted

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