Save the Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2022

This sounds like the most politically incorrect thing you can say as a social worker. How can you not care as a social worker? How can you call yourself a social worker? I can’t be a social worker anymore. 5 months later, on 5 October 2021, I left as a social worker.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Adult social worker numbers in local authorities hit a record high last year, official figures show. English councils increased their headcount of adult social workers, including agency staff, from 17,300 to 18,500 in the year to September 2023, a 7% boost, according to annual statistics released this week by Skills for Care.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

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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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

No agency social workers are left practising in Northern Ireland’s health and social care (HSC) trusts , says the region’s Department of Health (DoH). High quality social work services require stable and consistent social work teams, in which social workers feel valued.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

Community Care’s Choose Social Work campaign aims to counteract the negative media coverage of the profession, and show the brilliant work social workers do every day. If anyone knows the impact that negative media coverage has on social workers, that person is Sharon Shoesmith. Why are social workers blamed?

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Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

Hospital social workers should be reinstated onto wards to support people to achieve better outcomes on discharge, amid the current severe pressures on the NHS and social care. That was the message today from the Adult Principal Social Worker Network in an open letter to health and social care secretary Steve Barclay.

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2023

UNISON is calling on social workers and other council staff in England and Wales to back strikes after opening its industrial action ballot on this year’s council pay offer. A yes vote could lead to walkouts by the union – which represents an estimated 40,000 social workers across the UK – this summer.

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

The British Association of Social Workers England has warned of the risks of diluting the social worker role after the government unveiled plans for more assessments to be carried out by non-social work qualified staff. At the same time, the vacancy rate for council adult social workers rose from 9.5%

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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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Save the Social Worker

APRIL 4, 2023

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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Community Care

APRIL 12, 2023

Scottish services are losing experienced social workers, leaving newly qualified practitioners without support and putting the quality of services at risk. “SASW are pushing government to urgently act to ensure the workforce is better supported.”

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Community Care

JANUARY 20, 2023

Most English councils are struggling to recruit and retain social workers, with finding and keeping children’s practitioners the biggest challenge across the workforce. a year previously, according to Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) research.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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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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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 10, 2024

The purpose of this article is two fold: To share about the world of FSC social work, and what you should be mindful of before you join To help you assess whether this is something for you When people asked me where I worked at, I used to describe the FSC as a GP (general practitioner) for social services.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Council social workers and care staff in Scotland will no longer have to pay registration fees after unions agreed a pay deal with employers. Council workers will also gain an extra day’s leave. Social workers to have registration fees paid. These are currently £80 a year for social workers.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The annual Social Service Workforce Week, spearheaded by our esteemed partner, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, carries profound importance for social workers across the globe. This week-long event, spanning […]

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The number of social workers leaving children’s posts in English councils or trusts has spiked to its highest point in at least five years, according to Department for Education figures. The number of FTE agency workers increased by 3% on the year to 5,977, a fourth consecutive annual rise.

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Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% in May, while the number of posts filled in services fell to 3.7% Mounting staff shortages.

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Community Care

JUNE 17, 2022

The lack of adult social workers is the sector’s biggest concern as it prepares to deliver the cap on care costs, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has found. More social workers needed amid shortages. It is giving a further £2.9m over that period.

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Community Care

AUGUST 8, 2023

The government is reviewing the case for giving social workers in England powers of entry in adult safeguarding cases. However, the review said that social workers “often referenced” their lack of a power of entry as a barrier to effectively protecting adults experiencing abuse at home from carers. ”

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Famcare

MARCH 16, 2023

Anna Scheyett, PhD , is the speaker, and this is her TED Talk about social workers. In this Ted Talk, she gives a succinct 7-minute summary of why social workers are superhumans. So Happy Social Worker Month. Please enjoy this reposted TED Talk!

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

By Sue Coyle Self-care is an often-discussed topic among social workers, the organizations that employ them, and the profession as a whole—and for good reason. Social work is a challenging career choice in myriad ways. Evidence of this exists in the rates of both turnover and burnout throughout social work.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 20, 2024

Safeguarding staff say they can’t get referrals for serious cases and don’t have the expertise to give pupils the help they need Increasing numbers of children suffering from domestic abuse, serious neglect and homelessness are being refused help from over-stretched social services, schools across England have told the Observer.

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Save the Social Worker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

I hope that the lessons (and mistakes) from 4 years of investing, can give you a different lens to look at your individual and organisational strategy within social services. And yes, I’ve only had a year of experience working as a social worker in direct practice. Who are you to tell me this? million ($SG20.2

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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.

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Famcare

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that there are now 708 100 social workers employed in the country. Furthermore, the number of persons involved in social work is always growing. Your main goal as a social worker must be to assist individuals or spread knowledge.

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Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

Theme for this year’s Social Worth Month is “empowering social workers.” ” Though it’s easy to understand why this is important, I’d like to take the time to innumerate a few of the many ways social workers help our society. This is why I love celebrating social work month.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

In 2001, the government tasked the former chief inspector of social services with chairing a statutory inquiry into the murder of the eight-year-old Ivorian girl by her great aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao, and Kouao’s boyfriend, Carl Manning the previous year. “It

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, what is a social worker home visit checklist? A social worker home visit checklist serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers conducting home visits to assess the holistic health and well-being of their clients. Over the years of practice, I have also found this tool useful.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 3, 2021

Social worker burnout. As social workers have moved to working from home , what is usually left in the social work office is now brought home. Moving from a passionate social work student, eager to change the world, to someone who wants to quit the sector, doesn’t happen in a day. Then on weekends.

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Famcare

OCTOBER 9, 2022

For those working in child services, an understanding of family situations is vital in being able to help improve child welfare. Fortunately for those agencies, utilizing the right social services software can help streamline processes and effectively “humanize” the various situations.

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Famcare

MARCH 16, 2023

And social workers are hard-pressed to find one group in more dire need of urgent attention than children at risk of neglect or abuse. And today’s caseworkers can most effectively address this with the right social services software. How we care for the most vulnerable among us is one of the great challenges of our time.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Ofsted has praised social workers at a West Midlands council for their efforts to keep families together, while warning that high caseloads and case management system issues risk undermining their good work. “Some social workers also reported having to work in their own time to stay up to date with recording.”

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Social Work Awards

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Social Worker of the Year Awards is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Trustees. A Learning and Development professional for over 15 years, Lisa Buttar retrained as a Social Worker and qualified in 2017. Joining Lisa as a new Trustee is fellow qualified Social Worker, Jon Glasby.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Social workers spend a tremendous amount of time and resources developing interventions to help serve disadvantaged families and individuals. Social services use is a critical aspect in the field, and the current study seeks to better understand the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social services use.

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Famcare

AUGUST 15, 2022

Being effective in social services necessitates excellent time management abilities. Social workers have witnessed tremendous change over the years, including changes in the frequency of work and the nature of the tasks. As a result, time management is essential for any social service worker.

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