Social Worker Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Once you have completed your social work degree you will be wondering what you now need to do to get a job? How long do you need to wait before you can apply? You will usually find that we are the ones to graduate later normally around October/ November time. The good news is that […]

Social Worker 52

Social Worker 52

Community Care

APRIL 19, 2023

The government should set an expectation that frontline children’s social workers carry out face-to-face practice, in the light of concerns about the rise of remote working. “If a social worker is able to work remotely then the mandatory ‘cool off’ period will have little impact.

Social Worker 296

Social Worker Consultation Recovery Engagement 296

Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

The Department for Education is likely to go ahead with rules restricting agency social work in statutory children’s services in England, a sector leader has indicated. ” What are the proposed rules on agency work? ” What are the proposed rules on agency work? .” A ban on agency project teams.

Social Worker 221

Social Worker Consultation Government Interviewing 221

Community Care

AUGUST 2, 2023

Kate Shoesmith, deputy chief executive, the REC By Kate Shoesmith We welcome the fact that the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) is no longer calling for curbs on agency social work in England to be implemented earlier than the government’s April 2024 target date. What are the proposed rules on agency work?

Social Worker 197

Social Worker Engagement 197

Community Care

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Agency social worker pay in would be capped to the equivalent earned by permanent staff under government plans to reduce the use and cost of locums in statutory children’s services. ” “However, overreliance on agency social work resource has led to workforce instability, churn and high costs,” it said.

Social Worker 305

Social Worker Engagement Consultation Government 305

Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Mandatory CPD or enhancements to the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) are needed to address skills and knowledge gaps left by the disruption to social work education caused by the pandemic. Alternatively, ASYE programmes should be boosted to fill in gaps in learning, it said. Pandemic disruption.

Diversity 229

Diversity Social Worker Communication Consultation 229

Community Care

MARCH 27, 2023

Social Work England will seek to tackle the systemic causes of fitness to practise issues over the next three years to reduce risks to the public and prevent social workers from enduring lengthy investigative processes.

Social Worker 255

Social Worker Diversity Consultation Mental Health 255

Community Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Social Work England has found broad support from the profession for its proposed expectations of students’ knowledge and skills on graduation. The impact of trauma and loss on human development across the lifespan, and factors contributing to vulnerability including societal factors and social justice.

Consultation 243

Consultation Social Worker Government Diversity 243

Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Department for Education (DfE) has backed a care review proposal for a five-year early career framework (ECF) for the development of children’s social workers, but rejected its call to introduce national pay scales to recognise progress. “We do not intend to create new DfE-led pay scales.

Social Worker 260

Social Worker Consultation Government Adoption 260

Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

Care workers from ethnic minority groups are more likely than their white British colleagues to experience insecure working conditions, research has found. Among home care workers in the independent sector, 71% of ethnic minority workers were on zero-hours contracts as of March 2020, compared with 59% of White British workers.

Government 226

Government Social Worker Home Care 226

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.”

Social Worker 267

Social Worker Criminal Justice Government Adoption 267

Community Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A report proposing reforms to agency social work. DfE social care strategy: key points Funding: £200m in funding over two years. Social work training and development: An early career framework will be established, replacing the ASYE, as recommended by the review. The consultations close on 11 May, 2023.

Consultation 209

Consultation Social Worker Foster Care Government 209

Social Work Haven

JUNE 14, 2023

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW), the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) period can be a daunting and challenging time, especially when you do not have access to the right resources. Knowing where to find the best books for newly qualified social workers could help make your ASYE more enjoyable.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Mental Health Interventional Diversity 52

Social Work Haven

MAY 2, 2023

I put together this simple guide on how to ace your social work interview and social work interview questions with aspiring and Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) in mind, however; I believe experienced social workers will also find it useful. Quick Navigation What is a Social Work Job Interview?

Interviewing 52

Interviewing Social Worker Communication Interventional 52

Community Care

MARCH 27, 2024

Social Work England has called for a consistent approach to supporting early career social workers, amid government plans to replace the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) in council children’s services, but not in other sectors.

Social Worker 258

Social Worker Government Adoption Engagement 258

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Department for Education (DfE) has ditched plans to cap agency social worker pay to the equivalent of permanent staff in local authority children’s services. The changes came after the DfE received over 1,200 responses to the consultation on the rules , 70% of which were from individual social workers.

Social Worker 343

Social Worker Consultation Engagement Government 343

Learning Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Social workers and practitioners across the helping professions are required to undertake ‘direct work’ with children and their families. Take only what you need for the session so the child is not overwhelmed. I have been asked to offer ideas to help those getting started (or those who are underconfident) to get started.

Adoption 83

Adoption Communication Engagement Confidentiality 83

Community Care

AUGUST 14, 2023

ADCS is confident the DfE’s proposed rules for the use of agency social workers will help to create the conditions to tackle the unaffordable costs and unacceptable practices by some social work agencies while maintaining a sufficiently flexible agency market. What are the proposed rules on agency work?

Social Worker 219

Social Worker Engagement 219

Save the Social Worker

JULY 12, 2023

If you’re considering a switch into social work, know this. Very often when I see new entrants into the social work sector, I would ask them, So why did you join? Very often when I see new entrants into the social work sector, I would ask them, So why did you join? I looked up at my colleague. You’re leaving?

Counseling 130

Counseling Family Services Disability Social Worker 130

Social Work Haven

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) is one of the most important aspects of your social work career. The ASYE social work programme gives Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) extra support during their first year in employment. HOW TO PASS YOUR ASYE AS A NEWLY QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKER.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Empathy Adoption Therapist 52

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Social work burnout can affect the way we execute our role. It can cause social work stress and a stressed social worker cannot perform their role effectively. What is social work burnout. We’re talking about psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and many more.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Therapist Mental Health Substance Abuse 52

The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is something I find myself saying to students at the beginning of the semester when teaching this law module as part of the social work programme. Our knowledge comes from social work practice, theory, law, research, expertise by experience, and from other relevant fields and disciplines.

Domestic Violence 40

Domestic Violence Government Social Worker Military 40