Communication Government Interviewing Social Worker 
Community Care
APRIL 11, 2024
Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Looking back now, Laming says poor communication between services was the catalyst behind their failure to save Victoria.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Agile working practices such as hotdesking are failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland and employers should review them, a study has concluded. Our findings (consistent over the last five years) indicate that agile working models in Scotland are failing to meet the needs of social workers.”
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Community Care
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. We recently interviewed senior managers across eight local authorities to scope their readiness for children’s digital safeguarding.
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
You asked, what are the 10 roles of social workers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of social workers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.
Community Care
JANUARY 10, 2023
Researchers said this picture was endorsed by council principal social workers and safeguarding leads across easement and non-easement areas. ” It added: “In all likelihood, local authorities temporarily rationed social care out of necessity, but the majority did so without legal protection.”
Community Care
MAY 5, 2022
The authority lost its good rating – earned in 2016 – after inspectors found deficits in the quality of assessments, direct work, evidence to court and supervision, amid rising turnover of social workers, in a full inspection in March. Government figures show York’s turnover rate for children’s social workers leapt from 13.2%
Community Care
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Disappointment with national government policy commitment to children’s services (25%). The college said this meant the government needed to tackle the “negative effects of multiple government departments generating policies around children” and improve funding for new duties for councils. This is within your gift.”
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