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Social workers meet families for first time at crisis point due to lack of early intervention

15/06/2022
Est. Reading: 4 minutes

Social workers are frequently meeting families for the first time at crisis point, a survey by UNISON has found.

Social workers who took part in the survey carried out by the public sector union repeatedly said their first point of contact with families was ​often only at crisis point because they have no time for [...]

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DfE researching children’s homes workforce following CMA report and independent review

25/05/2022
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Children’s minister Will Quince has set out his priorities in response to the independent review of children’s social care and the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Children’s Social Care report.

Children's minister Will Quince

Mr Quince addressed Parliament and welcomed the recommendations set out in the Competition and Markets Authority report into the children’s social care [...]

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Admin, staffing and workloads main challenges for social workers

09/03/2022
Est. Reading: 5 minutes

Administrative tasks, staffing levels, workload demand and access to resources for service users are the greatest challenges facing social workers today, a report has warned.

The BASW Annual Survey of Social Workers and Social Work 2021 also reveals how 71.87% of respondents to their survey felt unable to complete their work within their contracted hours. [...]

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Social workers leaving profession rises by 16%

24/02/2022
Est. Reading: 2 minutes

The number of children and family social workers leaving the profession in 2021 has risen by 16% in a year, Department for Education statistics have shown.

The figures show that 4,995 children and family social workers left the workforce in 2021 - up 16% compared to 2020 and the highest number in the last five [...]

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More than 10% of social work workforce off due to COVID in one in 10 authorities

31/01/2022
Est. Reading: 3 minutes

Around 1 in 10 of local authorities reported over 10% of their social workers unable to work due to COVID-19 in January 2022, the Department for Education has reported.

Between October to December 2021 there were no local authorities reporting over 10% of their social workers out of action, although at its peak, there were [...]

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Stress levels high in social work before COVID-19 pandemic

29/07/2020
Est. Reading: 5 minutes

Stress levels in social workers were already high before the outbreak of COVID-19, research has found.

A Department for Education commissioned longitudinal study tracking the careers of local authority child and family social workers in England over five years found that one-quarter social workers who reported they were not stressed by their job at Wave 1 [...]

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