Staff-to-service-user ratios ‘not safe’ in UK social work, say two-thirds of practitioners
Community Care
MAY 15, 2023
The ratio between the numbers of staff and the people they support is not safe in UK social work services, say two-thirds of practitioners. Social workers are also working increasing amounts of overtime and facing rising levels of burnout on the back of the pandemic, while over a third have considered leaving the profession. Those were among the findings of the sixth wave of research into Covid-19’s impact on health and social care practitioners, which started in May 2020 and has been carr
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