Going locum: Everything you need to know about agency social work
More and more social workers leaving employment to go locum and council spending on agency staff has shot up a third in the past year. But what’s involved in going locum? To help social workers thinking of whether a move into agency work is for them, Community Care has brought together a collection of articles offering advice and insight into an employer-free working life.
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