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Union is asking over 80,000 members for mandate to stage walkouts in response to COSLA's 3% local government pay offer ...
With AI becoming an increasing presence in social work, Community Care is holding a half-day event that explores the implications ...
GMB joins Unite in opposition to employers' 3.2% local government pay offer for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ...
Despite the government increasing social care grants, most social workers expect budget cuts in their services ...
A social worker with over 20 years’ experience reflects on a time when supervision meetings left her feeling stressed ...
An care-experienced advocate for children in care discusses the consequences of social workers failing to follow safeguarding ...
LGA's social work health check, answered by almost 7,000 practitioners, finds no overall improvement in workplace wellbeing ...
Practitioners also report seeing more families in poverty, with rising proportion of staff reporting mental health struggles, ...
Former javelin world record holder Fatima Whitbread has worked with fellow care-experienced people to produce a white paper ...
Two senior social workers discuss how a training framework is helping them progress in their careers and build their ...