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Community Care
OCTOBER 17, 2022
This gave agency social workers three options : going directly onto agency payrolls (on a reduced hourly rate), work via an umbrella company (through which they should accrue some employment rights, such as holiday pay) or stay responsible for their own limited company but be taxed at source.
The Guardian
DECEMBER 4, 2021
After years of austerity followed by Covid, local authorities are millions short on budgets. We have ways of swallowing our own smoke if the only problem is inflation, but there are so many other extra costs that we need to cope with,” says the former business consultant turned Labour councillor. What has happened to ‘levelling up?’
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Community Care
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Such a scenario would necessitate the councils slashing discretionary spending – including non-statutory social care services – and requiring a government bailout package. This leaves major growth, particularly in adults’ and children’s social care, totally unfunded.
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement Autumn statement: key points at a glance Autumn statement 2022: all our coverage The British people “just got a lot poorer” after a series of “economic own goals” that have made a recovery much harder than it might have been, a leading thinktank (..)
The Critical Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Yet research undertaken by McKinsey in a number of reports (2015, 2018 and 2020) shows that the business case for gender equality, diversity and inclusion is stronger than ever in terms of impacting positively on performance.
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Findings establish that an understanding of social theories may be difficult to effectively implement due to the existence of factors such as austerity measures, cutbacks in social care services, time restrictions and rigorous policies existing within the social services sector (Jordan & Drakeford, 2013).
The Critical Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
In this context, and especially in an environment of increasing privatisation, austerity and decreasing tolerance for the most vulnerable people in society, social workers need to be more vigilant than ever to ensure their assessment – and their practice – remains focused on the welfare and rights of the service users involved. WHAT’S IT FOR?
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