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News, practice information and opinion on social work pay, conditions and working practices

AMHP workforce faces squeeze with third over 55, warnings over lack of trainees and increased workload

Managing chaos, doing our best for patients and supporting each other: hospital social work under Covid

Average pay for adult social workers up for first time in five years but salaries no higher than 2013 levels

Black, ethnic minority and disabled practitioners face ‘disproportionate’ difficulties passing ASYE, says BASW

Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce
Government ‘seriously considering’ allowing care homes to insist staff get Covid-19 vaccine

Children, Coronavirus, Workforce
Number of councils reporting high social worker absences due to Covid rises sharply

Almost half of Black safeguarding professionals report lack of equal opportunity to progress at work

Nearly half of adult social care employers operating with or below ‘bare minimum of skills’, survey finds

Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce
Social care given £120m to relieve workforce pressures as new variant drives spiralling absence rates
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