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Senior Social Worker

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1 year ago

Cafcass ‘imposes’ 2.5% pay deal on staff without agreement, say unions

Cafcass has imposed its salary offer on staff without agreement unions have said Following inconclusive talks brokered by mediation service ACAS the family courts body has implemented its offer for - without resolving its pay dispute and in the...
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1 year ago

Social work diary: ‘Why I introduce myself as a social worker, not a manager’

Have you ever sat in a meeting where everyone is asked to go around the table albeit virtual and state who they are Everyone gives their name and their job title but is that who they really are At what...
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1 year ago

Most councils struggling to recruit and retain social workers, finds LGA

Most English councils are struggling to recruit and retain social workers with finding and keeping children's practitioners the biggest challenge across the workforce Those were among the findings of a Local Government Association survey which the LGA said showed that...
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1 year ago

‘I want social workers to come back because they will see a different place to the one they left’

In the months since Stacie a service manager in Herefordshire Council's child in need team returned from maternity leave she has witnessed transformations in the way the council is improving children's services There is greater emphasis on workforce training...
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1 year ago

Human Traffiking 3

In this third episode we talk about the implications and protocol for working with the dark web the upcoming documentary featuring Matt called Dark Highway and the personal psycological impact on those working to expose traffikers...
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1 year ago

Designing and developing a virtual reality escape game for youth vocational rehabilitation

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Due to the COVID- pandemic youth unemployment has been growing with increased risks of social exclusion Vocational rehabilitation helps young people to plan their future and find their way into education and working life New methods based on the needs of young people are needed for youth vocational rehabilitation whose target group is young people aged -- This article describes the design and development process of...
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1 year ago

Scrap most community treatment orders, MPs and peers urge government

Community treatment orders CTOs should be scrapped in most cases because they are overused overly restrictive and used starkly disproportionately for black and ethnic minority people That was the headline recommendation from the parliamentary committee scrutinising the government's plans to...
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1 year ago

Combine social work with scientific methods to boost reliability of age checks, experts advise government

Social work assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers' age should be combined with scientific methods to reduce the risks of claimants being wrongly found to be children or adults That was the verdict from government advisers in a report last week...
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1 year ago

Festival of Learning is back with a week of high-quality social care training

Community Care's Festival of Learning is back offering practitioners a week of high-quality virtual social care training from leading experts Registration is now open for the event from - March with a wealth of learning on offer for adults'...