Social work news
External news
1 year ago
Social Work England to research profession’s recruitment and retention challenges
Social Work England is commissioning research into the profession's mounting recruitment and retention challenges particularly in councils It has issued a tender of up to for researchers to examine the key drivers of high vacancies and help it identify...
CSWM news
1 year ago
Do you have what it takes to ‘Step Up’ to social work?
The Step Up to Social Work programme is a unique opportunity to receive support while you are training to start a new career in social work
External news
1 year ago
‘It’s about being creative, to make a difference to that child’
I came into this job to have really close contact with children and make things change -- it was a no-brainer Emma Hibberd is discussing her motivations for accepting the role of lead manager -- residential care at Hampshire County...
External news
1 year ago
‘It’s about being creative, to make a difference to that child’
I came into this job to have really close contact with children and make things change -- it was a no-brainer Emma Hibberd is discussing her motivations for accepting the role of lead manager -- residential care at Hampshire County...
External news
1 year ago
Does the DfE’s care review response address the pressures behind social workers leaving their jobs?
In its long-awaited response to the care review the Department for Education DfE highlighted the urgency of addressing social work's increasing workforce challenges Evidence points to a need to act now to attract higher numbers of people to join rejoin...
External news
1 year ago
‘There’s a real sense of family – everyone understands the pressures and supports each other’
In Jayne came to a crossroads in her social work career Having always worked in permanent roles during an almost two-decade career she decided to take an agency post I didn't know if I wanted to remain in social...
External news
1 year ago
Multiple and complex needs found in backgrounds of children deprived of liberty
The multiple and complex needs of children made the subject of deprivation of liberty DoL orders have been laid bare in an analysis published last week The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Nuffield FJO found that children had on average...
External news
1 year ago
Children’s Social Care Social Workers
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External news
1 year ago
Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund
Councils will be able use a m international recruitment fund to source social workers from overseas to work in adults' services the government has confirmed The Department of Health and Social Care DHSC said that though the focus of the...
External news
1 year ago
CQC checks on council adult services still set for April 2023 start
Care Quality Commission CQC assessments of local authority adult social services are still due to start in a matter of weeks despite the process for doing so not having been agreed The Department of Health and Social Care DHSC confirmed...