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By Bronagh Miskelly The serious case review into the death of Khyra Ishaq last week was notable not just for being the first published in full but because it reinforced the importance of dealing with...
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By Bronagh Miskelly In theory it is difficult to fault the Social Work Reform Board’s plan to introduce the assessed year in employment (AYIE) for social workers much earlier than originally planned....
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View ArticleSocial work chiefs must be profession’s champions
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View ArticleWorkforce must be better planned
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View ArticleTruth behind the fall in social work vacancy rates
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View ArticleSupport staff must not take lead roles
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View ArticleLessons of Khyra’s death
By Bronagh Miskelly The serious case review into the death of Khyra Ishaq last week was notable not just for being the first published in full but because it reinforced the importance of dealing with...
View ArticleSocial worker caseload pressure is unsustainable
by Ruth Smith More than 600 social workers responded to our survey on caseloads. The vast majority (89%) said high caseloads are affecting their ability to practice good social work. What’s more, the...
View ArticleSupport Community Care and Unison’s Social Work Contract
by Bronagh Miskelly, Community Care group editorCaseloads of 30, 40 or even 50-plus. Vacancy rates rocketing in some areas. In recent weeks Community Care’s reports on the UK’s social work workforce...
View ArticleAssessed year car crash is on its way
By Bronagh Miskelly In theory it is difficult to fault the Social Work Reform Board’s plan to introduce the assessed year in employment (AYIE) for social workers much earlier than originally planned....
View ArticleSocial care staff bear brunt of work-related assaults
Social care staff were the victims of 19% of the work-related assaults recorded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2009-10 despite making up only 5% of the UK workforce. However, this...
View ArticleSocial work health checks a vital measure
By Bronagh Miskelly The chair of the Social Work Reform Board, Moira Gibb, is anxious. Her worry is that the leaders of some local authority social work departments are so overwhelmed by day-to-day...
View ArticleSocial work chiefs must be profession’s champions
You may have noticed various Community Care staff on TV last week. Both in front of the cameras and behind the scenes, we were busy championing social work to the media after the Court of Appeal ruled...
View ArticleWorkforce must be better planned
Workforce planning for social work is woefully inadequate. This is the only conclusion to be reached on reading a study on social worker retention levels in the British Journal of Social Work or...
View ArticleTruth behind the fall in social work vacancy rates
When it comes to workforce planning for UK social work and the levels of vacancies in local authorities there is an elephant in the room that our annual vacancy survey points at. To adapt the riddle:...
View ArticleSupport staff must not take lead roles
The news this week that support staff are being used to replace qualified social workers requires urgent action at a national and local level. It is shocking that social work assistants are acting as...
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