Tag Archives | social work recruitment and retention

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Twenty per cent rise in children’s social workers quitting sector last year, suggest government figures

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Care review lead Josh MacAlister

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Care review urges national social work pay scales to reward expertise and boost retention

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Considerable investment’ in social work helps twice inadequate-rated council rise to ‘good’

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers’ quality of working life continues to decline post-lockdowns, study finds

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work recruitment difficulties undermining practice at struggling council

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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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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Stable social work management crucial to improvements at ‘inadequate’ council, says DCS

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Adults, Workforce

Drop in adult social workers employed by councils as vacancies and turnover mount

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Sharp rise in children’s social workers leaving council roles, government figures show

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government examining how councils can take more social work students

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Adults, Workforce

Social care staffing situation continues to deteriorate, show latest figures

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Acute’ social work staffing issues and ‘relentless’ workloads slow progress at new unitary authority

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers felt uninvolved in ‘inadequate’ council’s attempts to improve, says commissioner

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Children, Social work leaders

Needs of children ‘secondary’ to parents’ in some cases, Ofsted finds during council visit

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

More social workers needed to deal with hundreds of thousands more assessments, government confirms

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