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Racial diversity remains low among children’s directors, reveals ADCS data

Community Care

Racial diversity among directors of children’s services remains low, compared with the populations they serve and the workforces they lead, a survey has revealed. 8% considered themselves disabled. “This is something all local authorities are focussed on, as is the association.

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What Do You Know About Disability Cultural Competence?

Swhelper

Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met with many blank stares. As a disabled social worker myself, I often notice that the disability community is not recognized as a cultural group.

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Social Work Recap: the value of disabled people’s voices and the scale of adult care’s funding shortfall

Community Care

The department has accepted her recommendations for the council to retain the support of a commissioner and a separate DfE-appointed improvement adviser and attempt to make progress on areas including reducing its high use of agency staff and the number of changes of social worker children face.

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Council improves to ‘good’ after increasing social worker numbers to cut caseloads

Community Care

A council criticised by inspectors for high caseloads has improved to a good Ofsted rating after hiring more social workers to reduce workloads. The council’s full-time equivalent of social workers rose from 345 to 368 between 2017 and 2020, during which time average caseloads fell from 19.5 Direct work praised.

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“It’s so important that all local authorities and social workers practice inclusivity and celebrate diversity within any working environment”

The Frontline

We spoke with Charlie, who is passionate about diversity and inclusion, representation. Charlie is a registered social worker but decided to move out of statutory social work to find new ways to ensure that young people, within the LGBTQIA+ community, receive the support they need from their social workers.

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Practice educators passionate about role, but lack of support risks pushing them out of it, finds study

Community Care

Practice educators are passionate about supporting students, but a lack of recognition and support risks pushing some out of the role, Social Work England-commissioned research has found. In some cases, these extended to a fellow social worker sharing aspects of the practice educator role.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

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.