Government aims to lure ex social workers back
Campaign calls on social workers to retrain for free and return to the social work sector
The government has launched a campaign calling for social workers who have left the profession to undertake free training and return to work in a bid to tackle a shortage of experienced social work professionals.
The Local Government Association, Department for [...]
Social workers to renew registration
HCPC opens re-registration window for social workers from 1 September to November 30 2016.
Social workers are to re-register with the Health and Care Professions Council from this month.
The regulator announced that its period for the renewal of registration for social workers is between 1 September and 30 November 2016.
Registrants must complete a professional declaration and [...]
Great social work training available to book on-line
Mark Willis on WillisPalmer’s exciting new social work training service
High quality training for professionals working in the children and families arena is hard to find. Over the past twelve years WillisPalmer has been delivering programs to its own ISWs and psychologists but recently we decided we should make it available to a broader audience.
Therefore we [...]
Everyone should know where they come from
Jill Seeney is an Independent Social Worker with a specialist interest in therapeutic interventions with children including Life Story Work.
Everyone has a right to know where they came from and who they are. However, for some children in care, their family circumstances means that they may not know key information about their backgrounds and, [...]
4Children to close
Charity to cease trading and transfer services to Action for Children
Children’s charity 4Children is to cease trading and transfer some services to Action for Children, it has been announced.
The two national charities will merge with 62 per cent of 4Children’s services moving across to Action for Children. In addition, 35 per cent of services will [...]
Special Report: Social workers feel targets are prioritised over families
Report from the University of East Anglia reveals how social workers feel they lack support and understanding
Senior social work managers are prioritising paperwork and resource targets over families in need, social workers have reported.
A study by the Centre for Research on Children and Families at the University of East Anglia found a perception from social [...]
