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What is case management in social work?

Save the Social Worker

You’ve learnt: The psychology (and abnormal psychology) The socioeconomic theories, and why there is still poverty Sociology But then you come into Day 1 of your social work career, and you hear people saying, You just have to ‘case manage’ this. How’s the case management for this client? Let’s start with the theory.

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Case management system and heavy workloads hindering ‘skilled’ social workers, Ofsted finds

Community Care

Ofsted has praised social workers at a West Midlands council for their efforts to keep families together, while warning that high caseloads and case management system issues risk undermining their good work. “Due to this lack of oversight, there is potential for children’s plans to drift.”

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3 Ways Social Workers Can Implement Better Case Management Processes

Famcare

You end up spending very little time with the client while going through the plethora of administrative tasks associated with a case. So, to assist you, we've compiled a list of simple tips that can help you with better case management in the future.

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Social workers could double time spent with families through more efficient systems, report claims

Community Care

Social workers could more than double the time they spend with children and families through more efficient case management systems and fewer meetings. By contrast, they spent half of their time on case recording, administration or other IT tasks, and significant time in meetings.

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Should you take a FSC social worker job?

Save the Social Worker

You have to learn things very very fast The bulk of time is on administrative work, not therapeutic work Personally, I found it challenging that there was not as much opportunity to grow my skills in therapy. But working in the FSC helped me to see that sometimes, social work was just case management. That can be frustrating.

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

Community Care

Social workers said their high workloads reduced their ability to do direct work, offer meaningful support to families, think about cases creatively or use their professional judgment, as they ended up following processes instead.

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Pre-court social worker-guardian meetings have potential to improve care proceedings, finds study

Community Care

According to Cafcass, the average length of time it worked with families in these cases from July to September 2023 was 44 weeks , well above the 26-week target for the duration of proceedings. This is also the judiciary’s ambition through its relaunch of the public law outline (PLO) last year.