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In response to Eileen Munro's critique of the government's children's social care reforms, a group of social workers and ...
Representation of social workers at fitness to practise hearings. Among Social Work England’s proposed rule changes are provisions for social workers and the regulator to be represented by chartered ...
Almost a fifth of all children's social worker jobs in England are vacant, despite a rise in recruitment. Councils are relying on agency workers to cover nearly 4,000 out of 5,500 otherwise empty ...
Care home workers and their families are almost twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK employee, according to ...
Sheffield-based Social Work England has launched the next stage of its Change the Script campaign to transform how social work is viewed in society, as new research finds that 44 per cent of ...
‘I’m shocked Social Work England have implied it was us social workers who are responsible for rushing the process. 1,000 of us can’t have all made the same mistake.
The government outlined plans in 2016 to create a new independent social work regulator and established Social Work England last year to begin the process of handing over responsibility from the HCPC.
Social Work England says education standards have been developed with providers to ensure safe and effective practice. It is also currently finalising new guidance for student social workers ...
A social worker who was suspended after sharing and liking gender critical views on Facebook has been awarded more than £58,000 by an employment tribunal. Rachel Meade was found earlier this year ...
Social Work England. Our Social Work BA (Hons) programme is approved by Social Work England. Approval of the programme means that that on successful completion of the programme, students are eligible ...
These portrayals are having harmful effects on the profession. We hear many social workers talk about how their job of supporting individuals is made harder by negative preconceptions. Recent research ...