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Government readvertises chief social worker post at higher salary

Community Care

The government has readvertised the chief social worker for adults position at a higher salary , six months after it started recruiting for a successor to Lyn Romeo. Having qualifications that meet the requirements to register as a social worker with Social Work England.

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Supporting early career social workers: lessons from Wales

Community Care

Joanne* recently completed the consolidation programme , a mandatory learning and development qualification for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) in Wales. “It All social workers who qualified in Wales on or after 1 April 2016 must complete the programme during their first three-year registration period.

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Social workers to face return to practice requirements in Scotland

Community Care

Qualified social workers who have been out of practice for at least two years will face minimum learning requirements if they want to rejoin the register in Scotland. Regulator the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has launched a consultation on introducing return to practice requirements similar to those in England and Wales.

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‘Stretched’ social workers struggling to navigate ‘complicated’ overseas placements

Community Care

Looked-after children are being denied their right to a family because of councils’ lack of data on potential overseas placements and “stretched” social workers’ difficulties in exploring them, a charity has warned. Social workers ‘stretched beyond imagination’. Conducting international social work during Covid-19.

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How to have a great social service career in Singapore

Save the Social Worker

You want to do good and have a social service career in Singapore. Don’t wilt in your social service career. It’s easy to get a foot in If you have the qualifications, such as a social work degree, or a psychology degree, getting a role in the frontlines of social service is not difficult.

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DfE pledges action on ‘excessive’ workload pressures for children’s social workers

Community Care

The government has pledged action to tackle “excessive” workload pressures on council children’s social workers as part of its response to the care review. a year earlier, according to an Association of Directors of Children’s Services survey.

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Agile working failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland, finds study

Community Care

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.”