Caseloads

Workforce, Children

Efforts to curb social worker caseloads hampered by council’s recruitment struggles

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Fitness to practise hearing

Workforce

Overloaded social worker suspended for failing to manage her caseload

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Workforce

‘The revised standards for social work employers are an opportunity not to be missed’

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Annie Hudson

Workforce

‘It is a real credit to the dedication, hard work and professionalism of social workers’

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Workforce

Social workers going above and beyond to fit in time with service users

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Adults, Workforce, Children

Council gives social workers iPads to boost case work capacity

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Workforce

Employers should respect social workers’ judgements about workload capacity, say revised standards

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Workforce

Survey: Show the public what social workers do every day

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Workforce, Children, Community Care

Social workers need new models to help them make decisions, finds report

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Social work recruitment guide

Workforce

New Community Care Jobs guide examines the impact of recent workforce changes on social worker recruitment

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Workforce, Children

Coventry pledges rapid improvements after Ofsted deems it ‘inadequate’

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Workforce

Social Work Watch: Take part in our survey on 29 April and show the realities of social work

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Workforce, Children

English councils recorded up to 36 children in need per social worker in 2013, new data shows

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Workforce, Children

Review tells Birmingham: Stop blaming social workers

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Workforce

How to reduce stress among social workers; what managers can do to help

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Workforce, Community Care

We need a more rigorous system for assessing workloads and vacancy rates in local social work teams, say MPs

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