July 2024
- 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and Social Workers Union call for early discussions with new government to ensure social workers and those they support are 'at the forefront of its plans from day one'听
- 鈥撎Social Work Today; Responding to the outcome of the UK General Election, organisations for social work and social care are urging the new government to improve social work and social care听
June 2024
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre is interviewed by the BBC World Service about the state of care delivery for children in care, what can be improved, the funding gap , as well the launch of Free Loaves on Friday, an anthology of hundreds of care experienced voices 鈥 broadcast 09/06/2024 (link available until July)
- 鈥撎Community Care; LGA, ADASS and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 urge politicians to increase focus on adult social care and articulate its value in transforming lives, rather than characterise it as system in crisis, in statement to party leaders
- 鈥撎Local Government Lawyer; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins 41 other organisations including councils, charities and campaigners in a joint open letter to all party leaders, urging the incoming government to 鈥渃hampion and prioritise鈥 adult social care in the upcoming election
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Policy team鈥檚 presentation to the Committee for Communities is highlighted on the BBC Parliament听television channel, in discussion on poverty and the need for an anti-poverty strategy, underlining 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 political influence 鈥 22/06/2024
- Charities Call For Urgent Review Of Assessment & Treatment Units 鈥撎Carer Weekly; During Learning Disability Week, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group to support a paper highlighting a timeline of broken promises relating to the reduction in the number of autistic people and people with learning disabilities being held in NHS funded Assessment & Treatment Units 鈥 in print 19/06/2024
- A fresh start for social workers? 鈥 The Municipal Journal; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen says social workers don鈥檛 want to leave the profession but are doing so because of poor working conditions, citing 鈥渓egal and statutory responsibilities are not matched by resources鈥 鈥 print 13/06/2024
- Calling on parties to make austerity illegal 鈥 Leicester Mercury; SWU joins other trade unions and activist campaigners to make austerity unlawful, with the launch of the Make Equality Real campaign 鈥 print 07/06/2024
May 2024
- 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI and SWU called for the student incentive scheme to be increased to 拢7,000 a year听
- 鈥撎Netmums; A link to 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 key policy calls for the next Government听
- 鈥撎Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 40 policy calls for the next Government is included听
- 鈥撎Community Care; A piece combining results from the latest LGA survey with findings from separate surveys from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU paints a bleak outlook for social work听
- 鈥撎Community Care and Social Work Today; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, Social Workers Union and UNISON say Social Work England is investigating too many cases and taking an overly adversarial approach, while delays are
- 鈥 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Denise Monks looks back over her career in the 2000s providing specialist support to parents with learning disabilities - and how it's needed now as much as ever听
- *Amazing Social Workers 鈥撎澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Amazing Social Workers recognition scheme rewards social workers who have excelled to boost morale of the workforce and awareness of the important work social workers do. Media coverage comes in far and wide from local papers in , , Derbyshire and beyond
- 鈥撎The Canary; Coverage of SWU鈥檚 launching a , crammed full of useful advice and guidance for grassroots organisations
April 2024
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England launches 鈥楩ree Loaves on Friday鈥 an anthology of voices and stories from care experienced people, edited by PO Rebekah Pierre, with coverage in Community Care and The Guardian, and discussed on
听 // 听Free Loaves on Fridays: 100 care experienced children and adults tell their story听
- 鈥撎The Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Englands Maris Stratulis repeats the we held since the beginning around rights and needs not being protected, while adding poor coordination from government has created opportunities for exploitation听
- 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England chair Vava Tampa is 鈥渢hrilled鈥 to replace Sanctuary has headline sponsor for the next three years听
- 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Duc Tran calls for consistency of support for a valuable part of the workforce, while 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Jane Shears reveals the launch of a new programme from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 to help oversees social workers settle into their roles听
- 鈥撎Community Care; As reforms expand, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 reiterates its concerns about the safeguarding risks arising from removing the requirement for social workers to hold child in need cases听
- Age assessment burdens authorities 鈥 Municipal Journal; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Luke Geoghegan reports that higher demand is leading to delays and warns unaccompanied asylum seeking children are not getting the services they need 鈥 in print 11/04/2024
- 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen says she intends to use role to build connections between social workers across the continent to promote knowledge sharing and solidarity听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Chair Julia Ross speaks to BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday breakfast show to discuss poverty, cuts to services and pressures on social workers after a new NSPCC report shows increases in child cruelty crimes against children aged five and under 鈥 05/04/2024
- SWU's launch of 'Children living in dangerous conditions' survey of members is highlighted in the and the
March 2024
- 鈥 The Independent; In response to the review into the awful death of Finley Boden, SWU鈥檚 John McGowan uses new research to show some services are 鈥榦n brink of breakdown鈥 and urges more investment听
- Concern as NHS staff hubs close 鈥 Coventry Telegraph and various other local newspapers; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England joins royal colleges, unions, think tanks to demand that the Government takes 鈥渦rgent steps鈥 to protect the wellbeing of health and care staff 鈥 in print 27/03/2024
- Social worker morale has fallen since 2020, finds study 鈥 Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 annual survey is cross-referenced with Social Work England鈥檚 to paint a picture of high workload and burnout which is undermining retention听and repeated in
- 鈥 鈥撎The Times Education Supplement; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan says members know the dilemma that schools are facing but are too under-resourced to respond听
*World Social Work Week 18-22 March 2024 To promote social work and raise awareness of it as a key service and valued career, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen and members, Julia Winkless, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England chair Vava Tampa and Helen Gormley contributed to several articles in the Guardian:
- 鈥撎Morning Star & Left Foot Forward; 鈥淲e must do more to celebrate the contribution of diaspora social workers and stop making them scapegoats for the failings of government policy,鈥 said Duc Tran, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member听
- The Trouble with Parenting 鈥撎File on 4, Radio 4; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Cathie Long talks to Radio 4鈥檚 Jo Glanville about , what should be done to support them and what lies behind this kind of behaviour听
- 鈥撎Community Care;听National director Sam Baron spells out 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 position: 鈥淭he greater the variety of routes into social work, the greater the breadth of candidates鈥owever, I鈥檇 want to ensure public money is kept within the public system.鈥
- 鈥撎Guardian, BBC and others;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen signs a such as the Refugee Council saying that children are being failed, abused and exploited because of the current Home Office system.
February 2024
- Supporting early career social workers: lessons from Wales 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru national director, Sam Baron, warns it will be hard to provide good post-qualifying support unless wider issues are addressed听
January 2024
- *澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU response to tragic death of Branson Battersby - SWU鈥檚 assistant general secretary Calum Gallacher appears on Sky News at 17.40pm 17/01/24 to talk about the tragic death of two-year-old Branson. Calum highlighted that by making three visits, phoning the police twice and managing to creatively gain entrance, the social worker involved seemed to have done as much as she could, while emphasising we all need to wait for the review to see what could be learned. SWU chair Dave Callow repeats these messages on GB News 18/01/24
- 鈥撎In the Guardian鈥檚 editorial, the editor picks up on 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU鈥檚 views on this case, quoting 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen in the process 鈥 18/01/24
- 鈥撎澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 reiterates its concern that these plans threaten to undermine the quality of practice and potentially increases risks to children 鈥 22/01/24
- 鈥撎澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 expresses concern at the number of local authorities cutting preventive care, in a context of underfunding from central Government听
- Local radio picks up on 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Denise Monks talking about the , with carers leaving and rise in children needing placement听
December 2023听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre firmly states our position that we need to to deliver the real therapeutic help vulnerable children need, on BBC Radio 5 Live Nihal Arthanayake鈥檚 panel discussion听
- Two-thirds of social workers say their practice is influenced by fear of the media, finds survey 鈥撎Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 responds highlighting our active work to counteract negative media coverage of social work such as the launch of our journalism awards and SWU鈥檚 media reporting guidelines听
- 鈥撎Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru hail Drakeford as an 鈥渆x-social worker, [who] led with compassion and integrity with social justice at the heart of his leadership and political beliefs鈥澨
- Thousands of new foster carers urgently needed in England, experts say 鈥撎The Guardian;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members provide real life experience of social workers scrambling to find
- National social work terms and conditions needed to tackle 鈥榬ecruitment crisis鈥 鈥 SASW 鈥撎Community Care; , guaranteed supervision and training and nationally consistent pay arrangements听
- Racism: Social worker calls experiences exhausting 鈥撎BBC News, BBC 1 Wales, BBC Wales Today; A slew of BBC platforms on TV, print and radio showcase 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Jade Forbes and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Abyd Quinn-Aziz , with a call for more data 鈥 print and broadcast 07/12/2023
- Social work monopoly on asylum age assessments should end, says sector leader 鈥撎Community Care;听In additional coverage, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 call for social workers to not apply for jobs with the National Age Assessment Board due to the Home Office鈥檚 political agenda听
- Specialist child protection role poses workforce challenge for test-bed authorities 鈥撎Community Care; Repeat of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 concern that non-social workers will work on child in need cases and the danger it poses for children at risk听
November 2023
- Learning together - President's blog 鈥撎RCPCH; The president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health highlights the work between them, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and other orgs such as the British Dental Association, to
- Ditching Human Rights will delay Rwanda plans 鈥撎The Times;听Additional coverage highlights a letter signed by leading organisations in health and social care, including 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, warning how new age assessments are 鈥渦nethical and inaccurate鈥 鈥 in print 28/11/2023
- 鈥撎The Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides a member, Patriche, to add a real frontline view on how the pandemic has increased referrals听
- Channel 5 news explores the issue of Fabricated Induced Illness (Fii) and how the medical guidelines are leading to a rise in trauma for families. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 helps guide the piece that includes expert member Cathie Long 鈥 Channel 5@5pm 15/11/2023
- With the Mental Health Act not mentioned in the King鈥檚 Speech, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Homes not Hospitals campaign speaks to Community Care 听
- As part of the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England Homes not Hospitals campaign, member Alan Dean writes to the i newspaper demanding action from the Government on autism, echoing the call from Ian Birrell鈥檚 opinion piece 鈥 in print 14/11/2023
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Abyd Quinn-Aziz joins a plethora of academics and sector leads calling for more resources to realise the agreed ambition to
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Nana Yabbey-Hagan gives , in The Mancunian Matters Podcast听
- As ITV Midlands looks at how , 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Denise Monks provides insights from our members on the ground听
October 2023
- Community Care reports on the Government decision to ditch agency pay cap, something 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 suggests reflects a rushed approach, one that ignores root causes of increased agency use听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 concern about non-social work staff working on child in need cases are raised in this piece from Community Care looking at recent
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Al Coates provides a social work perspective on a Channel 5 piece exploring
- 鈥撎BBC Wales; Two 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members and call for a rethink from the police after the force decides to not attend mental health call outs 听while 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Abyd Quinn-Aziz warns this creates a 鈥溾 听on BBC Radio Wales (starts 17min 40secs)听
September 2023
- 鈥撎Community Care; As the government presses ahead with the use of scientific age assessments of asylum-seeking young people, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and multiple organisations including the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health emphasise our concern at these unethical and inaccurate procedures
- 鈥撎Community Care; Coverage of research by British Psychological Society and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 revealing poor mental health and wellbeing accounted for 30% of staff sickness absence among council social care staff
- 鈥撎Community Care;听In response, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Maris Stratulis said it was vital that it tackled the burdens that took practitioners away from direct work, in line with the听听听
- 鈥撎Birmingham Live;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and 29 other organisations and charities write to the PM calling for the new Essentials Guarantee law, as 90 per cent of households on Universal Credit say they are going without food and heating
- 鈥撎Morning Star; SWU's John McGowan decries 鈥榳arm words but no action鈥 response from Government to open letter from students , while 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 urges more support for the next generation of social workers
August 2023
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 says this 鈥渟adly sends a message that a sustainable and consistent ministerial approach to children, their families and wellbeing is not a political priority for this government鈥
- Doubts rise over Government UASC age assessment plans 鈥撎Municipal Journal; As council leaders air fears over a lack of resources to ensure age assessments are properly done, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 once again voices concerns over the potential for political priorities intruding on social workers鈥 objectivity 鈥 in print 31/08/2023
- 鈥撎Children & Young People Now;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 highlights "vital importance" of the children鈥檚 social worker role within multi-agency child protection teams amid concerns that hospital managers failed to act on reports from staff around the nurse's conduct听
- 鈥撎Local Government Lawyer; Highlighting 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 fierce criticism on the Government decision to听听of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), which were due to replace the current DoLS system
- 鈥 Community Care; A new report highlights social worker fears, with coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU taking a lead to tackle the issue by launching good journalism on social work awards and the work with press regulator IMPRESS on publishing guidelines for press reporting of the profession
July 2023
- Times letters: Covid鈥檚 lost pupils 鈥榬isk turning to crime鈥 鈥 The Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair Julia Ross writes a letter reminding all that the safety of our streets are not the only issues. 鈥淭hese lost children are at serious risk of abuse both at home and on the streets. We have a duty to keep our children safe, not the other way around鈥 鈥 in print 28/07/2023
- 鈥 Community Care; Over 400 social workers and students, led by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU, have called on government ministers to reconsider their nine-year freeze on bursaries for social work trainees in England听
- Social work student bursaries 鈥榰nfair鈥 鈥 Morning Star; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU present letter to Government calling for a change to unfair bursary rules that mean some students will get them while others wont 鈥 in print 28/07/2023
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 raises concerns听
- 鈥 The Guardian; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, through member Nandita Vytelingum, provide expert advice in response to a reader鈥檚 family dilemma听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, along with 289 other charities and campaign groups decry 鈥渢his truly senseless act [which] will have a devastating impact on people鈥檚 lives鈥.
- 鈥 Local Government Lawyer; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 strongly criticises Government鈥檚 decision to delay the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards 鈥榖eyond the life of this Parliament鈥櫶
- 鈥 Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England emphasise the highly skilled role of a social worker and warn it 鈥渕ust not be diluted by sharing safeguarding-specific tasks amongst professionals with limited or no background in this area.鈥澨
- 鈥 Local Government Lawyer; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 criticises the move, stating the measures 鈥渧iolate long-standing rights in relation to informed medical consent [and] offer no real advantages in assessing age鈥澨
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England accept the impact of 鈥渕arket forces鈥 but warn that implementing the plans without addressing the drivers of locum work would be 鈥渄estabilising鈥 to the workforce听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 calls for students to shielded from the impact of late or unmarked essays and look to social work leaders and employers for support and understanding听
- 鈥 The Independent; As stats show number of children in need of county council support has risen by 16,030 in a year, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides a member to give a frank account of how this impacts day to day social work听
- 鈥 South Wales Echo, Nation.Cymru; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Jane Shears fully endorses the recommendations and says: 鈥淚t is not enough for Wales鈥檚 health and care staff to merely survive. To be fully valued 鈥 and provide excellent care 鈥 they need the support, training and working conditions to thrive.鈥澨
- 鈥 Social Work Today; Produced by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Diaspora 鈥楽pecial Interest Group鈥 (SIG) the new standards aim to ensure that international social workers have the support, guidance and training they need for their work, as well as improving retention rates for such workers听
- 鈥 Community Care; Highlighting the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joint project entitled, 鈥淟ook after your Practice Educator鈥澨
June 2023
- 鈥 Children & Young People Now; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan supports members who are striking and calls for 鈥渟olidarity through better working conditions and fairer pay for all.鈥
- 鈥 Community Care;听Revealing stats as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 once again calls for social workers to not join the NAAS board due to the marginalising and overt influence of a hostile Home Office
- 鈥撎Community Care;听In a feature length article, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 student and former students testify to the extra difficulties they endured to qualify due to factors such as a freeze on student bursaries during a cost of living crisis and a lack of support as ASYEs while demand surged during the pandemic听
May 2023
- 鈥 Community Care;听Naming the impact of racism was a thread that was revisited during this inaugural conference co-organised by Shantel Thomas, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 anti-racism lead听
- 鈥 and repeated on radio stations Capital, Heart and Smooth 鈥 about Covid鈥檚 impact on social work practice, especially in 2020, in the context of Wales鈥 high profile child deaths. Abyd highlights the lack of PPE and guidance that negatively impacted practitioners, as Welsh politicians debate whether Wales requires its own independent review into children鈥檚 social care (On LBC 02/05/2023 at 6.34am & 12.48pm
April 2023
- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI National Director, Carolyn Ewart expresses in no uncertain terms, our concern that mooted budget cuts would have a big impact on children and families, especially with schemes like breakfast and homework clubs. Ewart also joined听a discussion on
- 鈥 Local Government Lawyer; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 stance discouraging social workers from working with this particular Home Office is included in this breakdown of the new legislation
- 鈥 Local Government Lawyer; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 response to the review is highlighted, as we call for 鈥渢he important role of social work [needs] protecting鈥 while calling for 鈥渇urther scrutiny鈥 of Ofsted鈥檚 role听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Luke Geoghegan and members appear on Newsnight and Radio Kent to question the need, accuracy and capacity of, after a
- 鈥 Community Care; SWU launches attempt to gather examples of poor media reporting of social workers to inform work with press bodies to improve representation of profession in media听
- 鈥 Morning Star; With funding bursaries frozen for the past eight years, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU write to shadow cabinet MPs on behalf of students today to say Labour must act if in power to reform funding听
- 鈥 Local Gov Lawyer.co.uk; Coverage of our disappointment over the Government鈥檚 decision to delay the introduction of the Liberty Protection Safeguards and warning that the delay creates 鈥渙ngoing uncertainty in the sector鈥 ; and in this 听
- 鈥 Community Care; Coverage includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 initial statement, which highlights Covid lockdown鈥檚 impact on safeguarding, while we all await the serious case review听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 reacts to offensive remarks from PM Rishi Sunak and other Tory MPs about social workers, with PO Denise Monks appearing on and to emphasise the demoralising impact on the profession while highlighting the Government鈥檚 own failure to fund recommendations from their own review. PO Rebekah Pierre appears on BBC 5 Live drivetime show to repeat these points
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 condemns halving of committed workforce spending, describing it 鈥渁 failure by government to grasp the workforce crisis in adult social care and the challenges for adult citizens and carers getting access to social work support and care鈥澨
- 鈥 Rhyl Journal; Local coverage of the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Amazing Social Workers 2023 campaign; and here with听 鈥 East Riding Gov;
- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 expresses concern that the use of non-qualified staff will undermine a system that puts the needs of people first听
March 2023
Launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 annual survey 2023
鈥 The Guardian; An interview with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen references stats on showing recruitment and retention challenges from our latest survey
鈥 Community Care; Coverage leads on finding that practitioners are providing more support to people from their own resources
鈥 Children & Young People Now; Coverage leads on caseload pressures exacerbated by increasing poverty
鈥 Local Gov; A third of social workers are using their own resources to help the people they work with
Launch of SWU campaign to boost student bursaries
- 鈥 Community Care; Latest standstill means undergraduate bursary worth 拢1,300-拢1,400 less in real-terms now than in 2014, as Social Workers Union and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 mount campaign to increase rates听
- Further coverage of ; as students , before developments lead to (and )
- The campaign call picks up momentum as in Community Care article听
Other media this month
- 鈥 The Guardian and Community Care; An exclusive, as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 discourages social workers from joining the Home Office鈥檚 National Age Assessment Board due to the attitude and rhetoric of Government on asylum seekers and migrants suggest political pressure could undermine practitioners鈥 professional judgment; 听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 called to extend, from 60 to 180 days, the pause on action from creditors for people in debt provided by the breathing space scheme 鈥 and on investment in social work recruitment, retention and development听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Denise Monks provides a balanced 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 view to on the test pilot opening family courts to restricted media reporting. While we welcome transparency to educate the public and politicians on how social workers operate, and on the impact of decreasing funds and resources, we have serious concerns about the future impact reporting will have on children, especially if their emotive stories become 鈥榗lickbait鈥. A further mention of our concerns are put to guests
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins allies in stating concerns against bill, including it creating a separation between the rights of unaccompanied children and UK-born children, which we say 鈥渃ontravenes basic principles of human rights鈥
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen says 鈥湴拿帕喜士苯峁檠檚 [involvement] will ensure that the voice and experience of practitioners and people using services are central to collective thinking and action.鈥澨
February 2023
- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 response to Government鈥檚 latest workforce statistics for children鈥檚 services is highlighted in ; and an exclusive interview with CEO Ruth Allen in , in addition to another from a member providing insight into the increasing challenges of frontline services
- SASW Chair Jude Esther appears on to defend social work and provide context on increasing pressures from rising complex caseloads and retention of workforce issues, as a new report highlights the high level of child referrals in Scotland听
- 鈥 Telegraph & Argus; Local coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 statement criticising the funding allocated for Government鈥檚 plans to reform children鈥檚 services, as council leaders in Bradford debate a way forward听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 describe the situation as 鈥渦ntenable鈥 and听highlight pay [is] 鈥渘ow lower in real terms than in 2012鈥, and call out lack of support from government听
- 鈥 Caring Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Dr Ruth Allen sets out her thoughts on the chancellor鈥檚 decision to raise council tax to fund social care and to delay the social care cap
- In 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询's continued effort to help shape better portrayals of social workers and social work on TV and radio programs, member David Jones helps script-writers on the
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Liz Howard appears on to discuss how hard it is for adult social workers to reach people in need but who have multiple barriers, after a listener tells the tragic story of her mother鈥檚 death from addiction and neglect听and alleged institutional neglect, saying her mother was let down by services
- 鈥 ITV.com; In a wide ranging piece looking at cuts some Welsh councils are planning to frontline services, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Abid Quinn-Aziz explains how more children are going into care due to a lack of preventive services and that a lack of money 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 wash鈥, urging politicians to "listen to the professionals" when making budget decisions, also picked up on TV with听
Response to Government鈥檚 publication of reforms to children鈥檚 services
- 鈥 The Guardian; Care leaver turned social worker, and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England PO Rebekah Pierre, pens an opinion piece expressing her dismay at the Government鈥檚 paltry plans for the care sector听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 statement leads the sector response, describing the Government鈥檚 measures as 鈥渇alling short of what is required to urgently tackle the crisis in children鈥檚 services鈥澨
- 鈥 Community Care; Wide ranging article covering specific changes in job roles carries 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 comments that the response does not 鈥渞eveal a clear and funded plan on how to retain social workers in the children鈥檚 care system and ensure their working conditions are fit for their role鈥澨
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England chair Vava Tampa on lays out exactly what is needed to help children鈥檚 social workers manage poor working conditions and how to lower caseloads, ahead of the Government听revealing its response to the Independent Review into Children鈥檚 Social Care听
- 鈥 Ekklesia; Coverage of Article 39鈥檚 survey of care leavers ahead of the Government's response to the IRCSC,听is commented on by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England PO, a care leaver, Rebekah Pierre: 鈥淭he government is gambling with children鈥檚 lives by allowing them to be placed in care-less accommodation鈥16-17 year olds want to be loved, cared for, and protected from danger. All of which should be the bare minimum.鈥
January 2023
- With some Welsh councils looking to cut frontline social workers, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 exec committee member Abid Quinn-Aziz speaks to about the potential harm this could cause to service users听
- Missing children should be a source of shame for the government 鈥 The Big Issue; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 views that 听a more humane approach is needed for asylum seeking children, who are often exploited by criminal gangs, are used in an article criticising the Home Office 鈥 in print 30/01/2023
- 鈥 Channel 5 News@5pm; An investigation reveals the large number of children with disabled parents being taken into care. Families speak of their trauma as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England stresses听a lack of care and support packages leaves social workers with very few, and very difficult, choices and urge Government to address this gap听
- 鈥 ITV News; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 view from CEO Ruth Allen saying it is 鈥渧ital that services are provided with sufficient support when they receive negative inspection from Ofsted and the inevitable scrutiny that terrible children's deaths invoke鈥, warning that 鈥渟ervices lose valued staff, have difficulties recruiting and struggle to get back on their feet and improve.鈥澨
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 shows influencing work on political debates as MP Angela Crawley airs our view that 鈥減ushing scientific methods upon age-disputed young people is incredibly insensitive [and] ignores the trauma children have been through听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England backs Adult Principal Social Worker Network's call for return of social work assessments on wards to support people to return home and improve quality of life听
- SWU鈥檚 John McGowan appears on , and to discuss Ofsted鈥檚 most recent report into Solihull local authority, nine months since convictions for the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. John emphasises good social work is happening, while highlighting poor working conditions and a lack of resources that are holding the profession back
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 questions ASYE evaluation criteria and what action plans have been put in place to address concerns unveiled in Skills for Care report听
- 鈥 BBC Radio 4, File on 4; extended version of hard-hitting insight into how听vulnerable families and social workers, provided by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, and coping in extreme poverty and face a daily battle to help their parents keep them safe
December 2022
- 鈥 BBC Radio 4, File on 4; hears from vulnerable families and social workers on the frontline, provided by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, who say more and more children are falling into extreme poverty and face a daily battle to help their parents keep them safe. The programme uncovers new data which reveals the increasing pressure the cost-of-living crisis is placing on children's social care and asks what the future holds for a service already struggling to meet demand. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre provides insights and urges the Government to face up to the struggles people in poverty are facing
- 鈥 The Guardian; 鈥淪ocial work is often the forgotten sector鈥, argues 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, while highlighting poor working conditions, stagnant wages and poor levels of support for both experienced and new social workers. We urge Government to get a grip听
- 鈥 Children & Young People Now; A long feature piece on the battle to change the mainly negative portrayal of social work on TV. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Chair Julia Ross and Senior Press Officer Anthony Dhadwal highlight the work 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 do with producers and writers to change this trend, and how we highlight the positives of social work 鈥 online & in print 01/12/2022
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen joins Ed Miliband on histo talk about the side of social work that rarely makes the news: that of striving for social justice, of a values based career, of life changing work under challenging circumstances听
- 鈥 The Oldham Times; Local high vacancy rates are mirrored across the country, says 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, due to unmanageable caseloads and deteriorating working conditions听
- 鈥 New Statesman; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provide editor Anoosh Chakelian with guidance, expertise and the case studies of two anonymised members for her insightful and revealing feature on the current challenges in children鈥檚 social care - online & in print 02/12/2022
- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 helps with research on numbers of people that hoard in this piece that looks at how the CoL may make things worse and explores ways to help听
November 2022
- 鈥 Byline Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Anthony Dhadwal gives a frontline perspective on why increasing demand is driving more spending in children鈥檚 and adult鈥檚 services are forecasting
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI chair Orlaith McGibbon urges urgent action to address workforce challenges to ensure long-term sustainable solutions to the high level of social work vacancies听
- 鈥 Knowledia News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru join 32 other organisations from across the health and social care sector to write a joint letter to first minister Mark Drakeford calling in him to take action to mitigate workforce shortages听
- 鈥 Yahoo News; Coverage of the Social Worker of the Year Awards, which 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 supported on the night听
- 鈥 Irish News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI reiterates the importance of improving workforce support measures, training and supervision for all social work staff
- 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of a combined effort between Social Work England, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, SWU, UNISON, ADASS and ADCS, in an effort to gather evidence of the workforce and potential issues听
- Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 highlights stats from our recent PSW survey showing most social workers expect more children to enter care due to increased poverty over winter 鈥 in print 01/11/2022
October 2022
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 supports the inquiry鈥檚 recommendations to set up a redress scheme, to provide specialist therapeutic support for victims and survivors, and the proposed ban of pain compliance methods of restraint on young people in custody; considering the inquiry鈥檚 recommendations in detail
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 criticises "entirely avoidable mixed messaging" following government decision to scrap tax status rules on 23 September and reverse this on 17 October听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Denise Monks describes the situation as concerning as 鈥渢o [her] memory there has never been a more challenging time for the profession鈥澨
- join to talk about the mental impact on social workers from increased caseloads and complex cases, all which is being exacerbated by the cost of living crisis听
- , is interviewed on BBC Breakfast to highlight the serious and soaring demands on social work services as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. Vava calls on the UK Government to introduce a nationwide social work recruitment campaign, bursary support for student social workers and an increase to the mileage allowance rate for social workers听
- 鈥 London-Post; Coverage of new research on the effectiveness of mental health and wellbeing support and treatment received by children and young people with social worker involvement, a collaboration involving 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, Kingston University, the University of Cambridge, King鈥檚 College London, NCB and the Care Leavers Association
- Warning over social work caseloads 鈥 Children & Young People; More coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/PSW snapshot survey of practitioners warning of the impact on their caseloads from the cost-of-living crisis and the real impact on vulnerable families 鈥 in print 1/10/2022
September 2022
- *a partnership seminar produced by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI, Ulster University and others 鈥 Lecturer Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick from Ulster University, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Andy McClenaghan and other speakers give a frank and emotive account of how the cost of living crisis is affecting people, especially the poorest and most vulnerable in society, while demanding Stormont do more. Including a 听and .听
- 鈥 HoldtheFrontPage; SWU and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 launch new guidance for journalists in a bid to provide more protection for social workers in the media
- 鈥 Community Care;听News leads 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 to urge a freeze in fees, particularly in the context of the 鈥渆xtreme financial hardship鈥 facing some practitioners听
- 鈥 Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 campaigns Government for an increase in mileage allowances as 鈥渟ocial workers cannot keep dipping into their own pockets鈥
- 鈥 Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 says it is too early to say what the impact of the proposed changes to IR35 will be on the sector听
- 鈥 Community Care; A reveal of the Social Workers' Benevolent Trust restricting maximum grant to practitioners with coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/PSW鈥檚 survey of members showing impact on them. Comments from SWU鈥檚 John McGowan on Government needing to step in.
- Living costs impact social work 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 warning that social work is one of the professions worst hit by the cost of living crisis and highlights Government has not increased mileage rates in more than a decade 鈥 in print 09/09/2022
- Childrens workforce: Guide to qualifications and training 鈥 Children & Young People Now; This extensive annual guide includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 CPD offering and an excerpt from our member Patriche Bentick on life as a children鈥檚 practitioner 鈥 in print 09/09/2022
- 听*PSW survey of social workers on cost-of-living-crisis 鈥 A survey of 247 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members reveals shocking predictions of how the cost-of-living crisis will impact people who use services. The story is referenced in a piece in ; an editorial in ; and covered by , as well as numerous across the UK 鈥 Merseyside, Worcester, Dorset, Derbyshire 鈥 using local 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members to bring the issues to life. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chief exec Ruth Allen writes to new PM Truss urging action
- 鈥 Statewatch.org; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins 122 other human rights, civil society and community organisations, to call on MPs to vote against the proposed 'Bill of Rights', introduced to replace the Human Rights Act
August 2022
- 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 work in highlighting this issues, including statements warning of a crisis to social workers and our letters to Tory party leadership candidates raising awareness of the impact on low-income households听
- 鈥 Community Care; Links to 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 submitted response which broadly agrees with many of the changes but with reservations on key points, such as access to medical records and appeal processes听
- 鈥 Children & Young People Now; A reminder that 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 broadly support legislative changes as long the regulatory framework aligns with the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 code of ethics to incorporate anti-racist, anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory values听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru gives 'full' backing to ending profits but says investing in more social workers will be crucial to policy's success听
- 鈥 Community Care; An article exploring 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 work on neurodivergent social workers, including a pilot study, highlights the gaps in support for them, with Deb Solomon, chair of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 neurodivergent group sharing personal experiences听
- 鈥 Various media / The Joseph Rowntree Foundation; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins charities to urge the next Prime Minister to reassure low-income families they will receive sufficient support through a 鈥渘ational emergency鈥澨
- 鈥 ECPAT UK; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 signs a letter warning Government it is breaching the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 and the Children Act 1989 and urges it to assume direct responsibility by housing children in Home Office-acquired accommodation
- 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 concerns in its response to the Independent Review of Children鈥檚 Social Care are covered, including the cost of living crisis for social workers, the stress on the workforce created by capping and freezing student bursaries, and defending the role of IRO鈥檚听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England question these findings, with member Alan Dean describing the focus on high costs as 鈥渕isleading鈥, while we champion our Homes not Hospitals campaign
- 鈥 Travellers Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru, as part of the The Welsh Coalition, writes to the council protesting their decision
- 鈥 Traveller Times; Coverage of a statement from the GRTSW Association in response to a misleading video recorded covertly at the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 AGM
July 2022
- 鈥 Sky News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Criminal Justice co-chair, Helen Woods, leads with our concerns that many young offenders will be sent hundreds of miles from home and that they would be better served in local communities听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England director Maris Stratulis and SWU national organiser Carol Reid warn work pressures were creating significant barriers to practitioners fulfilling their CPD obligations
- 鈥 Community Care; Social Work England reveal plans for joint communication with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, ADCS, ADASS and trade unions to increase support and response rates for diversity data听
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Wayne Reid reiterates听practice frameworks such as the PCF and PEPS were 鈥渃reated by the profession, for the profession鈥 and that it is vital they are maintained听
June 2022
- Flexible study best way to attract next generation of social workers 鈥 The Scotsman; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 annual study is used to show that retention of experienced social workers is failing in an article exploring ways to boost recruitment 鈥 in print 21/06/2022
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins fellow stakeholders in voicing its opposition to the Independent Review of Children鈥檚 Social Care recommendation that the IRO role should be removed听
- 鈥 Community Care; SWU insist student bursaries 鈥渘eed to be increased as an urgent matter鈥 and that warn rising living cost stresses 鈥渉ave already been too much for some social work students and their families.鈥
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Liz Howard comments on the increasing challenges our members are reporting and calls on government to give urgent clarity on funding to address recruitment and retention
- Employers failing to advertise part-time social work roles, finds study 鈥 and ; New research from SWU shows just one in five job adverts offered option to work part-time, meaning organisations are missing out on "expert and committed staff", warned union chief John McGowan听
- Care Review: key proposals for the children鈥檚 services 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 says the Independent Review doesn鈥檛 go far enough to tackle poverty as the driver behind increasing use of services, and insists improvements cannot be made without first creating a more stable workforce 鈥 in print 01/06/2022
- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Liz Howard, warns of a 鈥渉uge challenge鈥 on top of existing workforce pressures and calls for clarity about funding
May 2022
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- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 senior exec respond to the review into the tragic murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, including failings of social workers. Appearing on BBC News, ITV, Good Morning Britain and BBC Politics North, we addressed the failings but also covered the wider context of poverty, deteriorating working conditions, lack of resources and poor retention rates contributing to a poorer service in some areas
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- 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 senior exec听and members engaged with all the major TV outlets, including BBC News, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News, to comment on this 鈥榦nce-in-a-generation鈥 review. While the review requires a thorough on-going analysis, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 initial reaction was to broadly welcome some of the aims of the review and calling for Government to match the funding set out.
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 commented however, that the review doesn鈥檛 go far enough in tackling the wider context of poverty driving up demand on social services. 听We also queried many aspects of the review鈥檚 recommendations for certain social worker roles, as wells questioning whether implementation of the wider plan was realistic.听
- 听- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 widens the focus to look at how austerity years and poverty is driving up demand on social services
- 听- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 warns about the loss of IRO's and the diluting of specific听social worker roles
- -听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 highlights deteriorating working conditions behind this concerning trend and urges Government to give 鈥渢he resource and funding social work desperately needs鈥
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- Drugs gang boss allowed to run children鈥檚 home 鈥 The Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 expresses concern at lack of oversight in setting up new children鈥檚 homes and calls for 鈥渟tronger and more robust safeguards to ensure that owners and managers of children鈥檚 homes have the right motivation and experience鈥 鈥 in print 24/05/2022
- 鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan calls for better protection and working conditions for social workers and says they need to be 鈥渇eel valued鈥澨
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 says performance ratings can 鈥渄emoralise a workforce鈥 and that more focus should be on 鈥済iving social workers quality time to do their job鈥澨
- Prioritise retention of children鈥檚 social workers 鈥 Children & Young People Now; In the editor鈥檚 column, a call to retain social workers echoes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 warning of a shortage of social workers and the urgent need to improve working conditions 鈥 in print 01/05/2022听
- Social work exits prompt shotage 鈥 Children & Young People Now; An in-depth look at the children鈥檚 social care workforce uses 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 annual survey to show how the career span of practitioners is too short and the reasons why they are leaving the profession 鈥 in print 01/05/2022听
April 2022
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis calls the results 鈥渃oncerning鈥 and says 鈥渨e must create time and support for the next generation of social workers鈥
- Mass resignation of social workers fear 鈥 Children & Young People Now; A more in-depth look at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 annual survey of social workers and its findings about the challenges 鈥 old and new 鈥 facing the workforce (in print 01/04/22)
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 annual member survey cited in听highlighting administrative demands as one of the biggest challenges facing social work
March 2022
Uni professor behind social worker support for Ukraine 鈥 Stirling Observer; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 cited as key supporter to member Lena Dominelli鈥檚 international scheme to support social workers impacted by the war in Ukraine (in print 23/03/22)
鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 responds by describing results as crisis turning to calamity and calls on Government to step and deliver for children鈥檚 social care
鈥 The Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 sets up story with member calling for more clarity on resources for social workers to help with the refugee scheme ()
鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 says report removes the excuse of lack of data for inaction on tackling 鈥渁 blight on our profession鈥澨
鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre sums up 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 reaction calling the judgement 鈥渃ruel [and] callous鈥n which the best interests of children are entirely absent鈥澨
鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member and social work in emergencies expert Lena Dominelli discusses what support practitioners are offering in immediate response to the conflict听
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鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 calls for assessment of impact of different social work qualifying routes on outcomes and retention needed before tendering of contracts for new fast-track programmes听
鈥 The Morning Star; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan reveals the increased pressures facing social workers from rising poverty levels and calls for union action听
鈥 Community Care; Responding to the County Councils Network report, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 reiterates it鈥檚 80-20 Campaign aims that social workers need more support and staff to free them from burdensome admin to work in person with families
鈥 Social Care Today; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 reiterates it鈥檚 80-20 Campaign aims that social workers need more support and staff to free them from burdensome admin to work in person with families听
Launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 2022 annual social worker survey
鈥 Channel 4 News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 first annual survey warns of an overstretched workforce dealing with a pandemic driven rise in caseload and deterioration in working conditions听
鈥 Children & Young People Now; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 survey focuses on staff shortages, high vacancy rates and our call to Government to launch a nationwide recruitment campaign and for employers to be more flexible with jobs听
鈥 Community Care; A focus on specific findings from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 first annual survey of members that find despite the challenges, many social workers remain dedicated to the role despite growing challenges听
鈥 Kings Fund
Remote working in children鈥檚 services 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England PO鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre and Paul Shuttleworth say what is here to stay from the sector鈥檚 digital leap forward while highlighting that face to face is still the pinnacle of good social work 鈥 in print 01/03/2022
February 2022
- *Joint mini project with Press Association鈥檚 Data team to highlight pinch points across country where social work vacancies are high, covered by: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ;
- ;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Anthony Dhadwal warns we aren鈥檛 doing enough to retain experienced professionals, while new social workers aren鈥檛 being supported enough at the beginning of their careers. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 calls for a new strategy and more funding for areas effected by high vacancy rates
- 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 warns that in some areas 鈥渦nmanageable鈥 workloads were among reasons driving many practitioners to quit and calls on government to give the sector the resource and funding it desperately needs听
- 鈥 The Guardian, Yahoo News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 highlight our members鈥 experience of seeing rising domestic violence and online child sexual exploitation due to lockdown induced isolation听
January 2022
- 鈥 Community Care, LBC Radio; Coverage of SWU鈥檚 snapshot survey of the mental and emotional state of social workers leans on the effects Covid-19 and recent media coverage of child deaths has had on the profession, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 commentary included.
- The media should treat children鈥檚 social workers as heroes, not villains 鈥 Local Government Chronicle; A strong argument that uses 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 statement that the national review needs to be fair and about improvement rather than public vilification 鈥 in print 01/01/2022
- More children will be wrongly treated as adults under Patel鈥檚 asylum bill, MPs warn 鈥 Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 work with the committee in highlighting the increased risk of injustices to migrant children from a social work perspective 鈥 听
- Child poverty rises linked to 10,000 more children going into care over five years, finds research 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 research is cited to add to the argument that poverty is behind rises in demand on social services, and echoes our warning for social workers to focus on people鈥檚 socio-economic rights 鈥 听
- Former ADCS president among social workers on New Year Honours list 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 congratulates the recipients from social work who received the Queen鈥檚 New Year honours 鈥 听
- Child deaths link to pressures of pandemic and resource shortages 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 statement and research is used to bring context to the tragic deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson 鈥 in print 01/01/2022
2021 media highlights
DECEMBER 2021 (*澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 & SWU react听to deaths of Arthur-Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson)
- Asylum-seeking children in UK at risk of self-harm and suicide, charities warn 鈥 The Guardian; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 co-signs a letter to safeguarding institutions warning migrant children are at greater risk due to waiting longer than adults for a decision on their claim 鈥 听
- Social services: more children in England at risk of 鈥榮ignificant harm鈥 by the time social workers reach them 鈥 National Word; The second piece in the series with PO Paul Shuttleworth explaining how social services capacity has been significantly reduced over the years because of cuts and lack of investment 鈥 听
- Social workers threatened and abused following Star Hobson murder 鈥 Yorkshire Post; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 raises awareness of abuse of social workers and condemns this unacceptable behaviour 鈥
- Star Hobson: Social workers 'spat at on the street' 鈥 BBC News online; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 defends social workers in face of public backlash following child deaths and calls for media and politicians to show restraint in their comments 鈥
- Children鈥檚 social services face 拢4bn budget blackhole since 2014 - as social workers call for more cash to protect kids 鈥 National Word; PO Paul Shuttleworth said investment was 鈥渁lways missing鈥 from discussions on children鈥檚 social work and that 鈥渨e need more time and resources鈥 in the wake of recent child deaths 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 engages media over death of Star Hobson听鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Chair Gerry Nosowska appeared on听Channel 4 News and Sky News to highlight the unworkable pressures on social workers and depletion of resources, while a frontline member discuss the daily challenges of being a social worker on BBC News Yorkshire 鈥
- Covid delays in adult safeguarding have led to 鈥榮evere consequences鈥 for people needing services 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Liz Howard weighs in on a rise in domestic abuse during lockdown, pressing Government to 鈥渄o more to help victims of domestic abuse as we saw in our research that incidents spiked during lockdown periods鈥 鈥 听
- Review risks fanning flames of public vilification of children鈥檚 social workers 鈥 Local Government Chronicle; A passionate plea for the National Review to be balanced repeats the call from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 to not 鈥渞epeat the mistakes from the past where we narrow the scope to blaming individuals and fan the flames of public vilification鈥 鈥
- Far-Right Echoes in Westminster 鈥 Byline Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 opposition to the Nationality and Borders Bill, especially over age assessment protocols for social workers is used in a long article about far-right anti-migrant views creeping into policy 鈥 听
- 鈥楧id not listen!鈥 Boris shamed over little Arthur death as social care left 鈥榠n crisis鈥 鈥 Daily Express; SWU chief John McGowan turns the focus onto Government and cits 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU research into working conditions and repeated warning from the union about social services being depleted of resources and staff 鈥 听
- Social workers 'spat at in street' as anger over Arthur Labinjo-Hughes boils over 鈥 Birmingham Mail; Daily Mail; Manchester Evening News 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members also get caught up in public backlash to child deaths 鈥
- MP calls for return of capital punishment听鈥撎Blackpool Gazette; MP Cat Smith cited research by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 revealing how funding cuts and rising caseloads are causing many experienced social workers to leave the profession, after MP Scott Benton called for a return of capital punishment 鈥 print 08/12/2021
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 engages media over death of Arthur-Labinjo Hughes 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen appeared on Channel 4 News, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis was on ITV Central News, and PO Paul Shuttleworth spoke to BBC Radio Leicester, and our statement on the tragedy was read on Good Morning Britain 鈥
- Chief social workers and Zahawi condemn abuse of practitioners in wake of Arthur murder听鈥 Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 response to the Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death听is highlighted after chief social workers and Education Secretary condemn abuse levelled at practitioners in the wake of the case听鈥撎
- Zahawi: Take children into care when 鈥榓ny inkling of harm鈥听鈥撎Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 challenges Education Secretary's comment that children听should be removed from their families if there is 鈥渁ny inkling鈥 of harm to them听鈥撎
NOVEMBER听2021
- *Joint letter 鈥 Doctors of the world; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen co-signs a joint letter in response to the tragedy of 27 deaths in the English Channel, calling on the Government鈥檚 approach to be compassionate and fair to people seeking sanctuary 鈥 听听
- Council struggling to recruit social workers 鈥 Teeside Local, Teeside Gazette; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Denise Monks highlights how Teeside鈥檚 local recruitment challenges are faced nationwide due to experienced social workers leaving an under-resourced sector which is facing increasing demand, while not enough central funding is coming through 鈥,
- Ferguson welcomes extension of Bedroom Tax protection 鈥 Derry Now; News that legislation to protect people from the Bedroom Tax and Tory welfare cuts will be extended saw 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Andy McClenaghan welcome the move but urged to make it permanent 鈥 听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 senior press & comms officer, Anthony Dhadwal, on BBC News cautiously welcomes the Sir Andrew Macfarlane听report into opening up the family courts to media reporting, saying that while greater scrunity is needed ethical concerns remain over reporting on vulnerable people's lives, especially in the听social media age - live at time and 听
- Mandatory CPD or ASYE boost needed to tackle Covid impact on social work education, finds study 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 students group chair, Jade Daniels, highlights learning gaps that need to be addressed but cautions against any punitive measures 鈥 听
- Government age assessment changes would undermine social workers, campaigners warn 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and a number of children鈥檚 charities raise concerns about the changes to make councils have children in their care age assessed and to refer their decisions for review by a new national body 鈥 听
OCTOBER 2021
- Funding boost for councils not enough to address 鈥榙isastrous鈥 state of social care, warn sector bodies 鈥 Community Care; In a piece gathering responses to the autumn budget from across health and social care, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen says the chancellor has done nothing for alleviating poverty and that the 鈥渢he lowest earners will still be worse off鈥 鈥 听
- Nurses and shop staff in UK face tide of abuse since end of lockdowns 鈥 The Guardian, The Observer; In a wide ranging piece about rising hostility and verbal abuse of workers, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 gets share of voice for social workers with Professional Officer Denise Monks highlighting an increase of vexatious complaints that takes time and energy away from casework 鈥揳nd in print (24/10/2021)
- Senior leadership buy-in critical to tackling racism in social work, say experts 鈥 Community Care; The impact of dedicated anti-racist practitioner roles, the data gap on race and the importance of encouraging 'clumsy conversations' were discussed at Community Care Live, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Anti-racist lead Shantel Thomas on the panel 鈥
- How Vulnerable Children Become an Investment Opportunity 鈥 Byline Times; An extensive piece includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen鈥檚 speech to the 听in 2019 expressing concerns that 鈥渨hen things become profitable鈥 They feed into the difficulties we have, where children are placed way out of area鈥 鈥
- Social workers鈥 wellbeing and quality of working life have decreased over course of pandemic, study finds 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 NI national director Carolyn Ewart calls for UK governments to fund improved working conditions to improve retention 鈥 听
- 鈥榃hat does the Policing Bill mean for Gypsy and Traveller communities?鈥 鈥 Traveller Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Allison Hulmes is one of a number of speakers discussing Part 4 of the Policing Bill which includes plans to imprison, fine and remove the homes of people living on roadside camps 鈥 听
SEPTEMEBER 2021
- Government rejects call to give social workers and care staff priority access to petrol 鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan issues a warning about social workers unable to do statutory visits due to fuel shortages, and calls on Government to prioritise social workers and social care staff for fuel 鈥
- 鈥業nadequate鈥 councils three times as reliant on agency social workers as highest rated authorities 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director, Maris Stratulis, says Ofsted ratings can create 鈥渁dditional expectations鈥 and says 鈥渞ather than focusing on performance ratings, it is vital we focus on giving social workers quality time to do their job.鈥 鈥 听
- Councils received more adult safeguarding referrals, but investigated fewer cases, in 2020-21 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Liz Howard says the rise in domestic abuse cases 鈥渟adly reflects the national picture鈥 during Covid-19, and explains rise in referrals yet fall in enquiries 鈥渓ikely to be linked to changes in local working arrangements, different application of thresholds and processes during the pandemic鈥 鈥 听
- Social workers at risk over sex-ring conspiracy claims 鈥 The Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen comments on the unacceptable risk to social workers from increasing numbers of vile and damaging conspiracy theories spreading on social media, calling on tech giants to do more to stop it 鈥
- Government reforms 鈥榳ill not provide extra care or improve quality of life鈥, directors warn 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 criticises the reforms as too focused on people who developed care needs in older age having built up savings during their working lives, rather than working-age adults with longstanding needs, such as people with learning disabilities and autistic people 鈥 听
- CPD requirement on social workers will double next year, Social Work England confirms 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of the changes and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and UNISON disagreement with the plan, on the grounds that it was not the right time to increase requirements because of the pandemic 鈥 听
- JOINT PROJECT* 鈥 Working with Liberty Human Rights, Alliance for Youth Justice, Agenda and various professionals听on a joint letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel protesting, and raising awareness of, the new policing bill potentially creating听issues including racism towards Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities; betraying trust of service users; profiling of black and minority groups and barriers to legal protest 鈥 online and in print 13/09/2021 , & , (quoting 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen), , and various local newspapers 鈥 letter available
- Respondents 鈥榗annot contribute鈥 to review 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 poll of members revealing almost half of social workers and the families they work with cannot 鈥渕eaningfully鈥 contribute to the Care Review 鈥 in print 09/2021
- Children鈥檚 Workforce guide to qualification and training 鈥 Children & Young People Now; With enduring challenges posed by Covid-19, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England contributes on a range of subjects from teaching and training to barriers for ASYE鈥檚 and students 鈥 听
- Keep the lifeline - open letter to the Prime Minister 鈥 Big Issue; WiredGov; FE News; Inside Housing: Coverage of 100 organisations across the UK, including 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, joining together in urging the Government not to go ahead with the planned 拢20-a-week cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit 鈥
AUGUST 2021
- England PO Rebekah Pierre defends social workers on BBC Look North (Yorkshire TV) by providing context on how they come to delicate decisions in fostering and adoption, with foster carers included in the process, following a story of a fostering couple in Yorkshire criticising social services 鈥 听
- Government launches 拢12.7m tender for 鈥榤ore consistent鈥 delivery of ASYE scheme 鈥 Community Care; England PO Rebekah Pierre says current system is a 鈥減ostcode lottery鈥 and urges ASYE social workers to be involved in any new design for delivery 鈥 听
- Social work students quitting courses and visiting food banks amid seven-year bursary freeze 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Student Group air their frustrations over delays and real-time shrinkage in bursary fees, as well as听revealing the negative impact they have on students 鈥 听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 shocked by number of inadequate social care providers 鈥 Social Care Today; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 reaction to recent failings at mental health units and hospital settings 鈥 听
- Social workers feel misrepresented by care review, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 warns 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 takes the lead in a report surmising the reactions from the social work sector to the Case for Change care review 鈥 听
- Scottish Government proposes National Social Work Agency 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of SASW national director Alison Bavidge comments that changes could bring 鈥渟ignificant opportunities鈥 for social workers and address the current imbalance in responsibility at fitness to practice panels 鈥 听
- CQC closes Staffordshire inpatient unit after finding unsafe living conditions and patient abuse 鈥 Learning Disability Today; Report includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 reaction that unsafe environments and the use of restraint should always be seen as a failure of the system and care 鈥 听
- Black children鈥檚 social workers more positive about work environment than colleagues, finds survey for DfE 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 anti-racism lead Shantel Thomas refutes Government findings, emphasising our own research and anecdotal feedback suggests minority social workers are not satisfied with workplace cultures and were more at risk on the frontline during Covid 鈥 听
- Social Work vacancies at a record high 鈥 My Social Work News; Reflecting on the figures, SWU鈥檚 John McGowan urges creative work to keep and recruit social workers and highlights 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU鈥檚 Working Conditions campaign as a marker for change 鈥
- Sector split on unregulated placements overhaul as under-16s ban looms 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 views and its members consultation鈥檚 recommendations on this complex area of work 鈥 听
JULY 2021
- ADCS president suggests national pay rates for agency social workers to reduce staff churn 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 retorts by questioning whether it will simply see social workers out of pocket as they take the hit rather than agencies, and dispel myth of locums making extortionate profits 鈥
- Growing majority of children鈥檚 social workers feeling stressed and overworked, finds DfE study 鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan said employers did not provide 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU members with the support they needed during Covid-19鈥檚 second wave, as caseloads rose in number and complexity 鈥 听
JUNE 2021
- Shortage of infant x-ray experts 鈥榗ausing babies to be taken into care鈥 鈥 The Sunday Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 comments underline how social workers are reliant on experienced radiologists expert opinion and a shortage of them is a concern for child protection 鈥 in print 27/06/2021
- 鈥榃e had members dying, we had members in crisis鈥, union leader on how Covid-19 hit social work 鈥 Community Care; General secretary of the Social Workers Union John McGowan describes the role the union has played in the pandemic, as well as the benefits of unionisation, after being re-elected to the role 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director, Maris Stratulis, appears on BBC 24 News to give 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 reaction to the Children鈥檚 Review Case for Change report, including a call for more funding and rebuilding preventative and early help services 鈥 Live on TV 17/06/2021 and online
- End 鈥榮taggering misuse鈥 of children鈥檚 social workers to allow more direct work, says care review 鈥 In an article covering the Case for Change report from the Children鈥檚 Review, many organisations reactions are reported on, including 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 saying a 鈥渁 holistic national approach to looking after children, one that includes welfare, benefit policies, employment opportunities and housing solutions鈥 is missing from the review 鈥
- 鈥榃e had members dying, we had members in crisis鈥 鈥 union leader on how Covid-19 hit social work 鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan describes the role the union and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 has played in the pandemic, as well as the benefits of unionisation, after being re-elected as General Secretary 鈥 听
- 10 years on from Winterbourne View: lessons for social workers 鈥 Community Care; In an op-ed from two adult social workers, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Homes not Hospitals is referenced as an advice tool in hospital discharges 鈥 听
- Covid: Social workers fear a 'generation of traumatised children' 鈥 BBC News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides context why a 20% drop in child-care proceedings in Wales isn鈥檛 a good thing and how this is reflected across the UK, adding concern about missing families and a callout for more social workers and outreach workers to service increased caseloads and demand 鈥 across BBC ; and and
- Cafcass scheme raises concerns 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen calls for robust support for newly qualified social workers joining Cafcass鈥 new training programme, raising concerns about the tough environment of family courts 鈥 in print 02/06/2021
MAY 2021
- In a The Times investigation piece looking at vulnerable children who repeatedly go missing, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Minnie provides a case study to show how social workers try to safeguard children but how hard the job can be 鈥 in print 28/05/2021
- On the day Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on The Government鈥檚 White Paper proposals for reform of Health and Social Care, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥橲 Liz Howard appears on BBC News to emphasise the crucial role of social workers in upholding the rights of vulnerable adults 鈥 14/05/2021听
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Andy Tutte guest joins BBC Radio Merseyside to explain how the pandemic, following years of austerity, has impacted social work by increasing caseloads and creating a knock-on effect across practice 鈥 13/05/2021
- White children鈥檚 leaders 鈥榤ust play bigger role鈥 in tackling racial inequalities in management 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides a voice in this article looking at ADCS鈥 research showing the disparity of black and ethnic minorities in leadership positions, stating more needs to be done and highlighting our own anti-racist work 鈥 听
- The post-pandemic legal challenges facing care providers 鈥 carehome.co.uk; In an article looking at the impact of Covid on the most vulnerable, elderly people in the UK, as well as care staff, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 research on the impact on social workers is noted 鈥 听
- Children鈥檚 social work case complexity has increased due to Covid, councils tell DfE 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 comments on how we鈥檝e regularly raised the issues of rising caseloads and increasing complexity of cases due to Covid over the past year, and that the Government needs to invest in children鈥檚 social care urgently 鈥 听
APRIL 2021
- Why we need new guidance to tackle rising domestic violence 鈥 Children & Young People Now; A blog from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Rebekah Pierre on the reasons behind our launch of a new guide for working with domestic abuse, with a greater focus on ethnic minorities, LGBTQ and disability communities 鈥
- The language of children鈥檚 services 鈥 Children & Young People Now; In an extensive look at terminology, jargon and thier effects on young people,听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Gavin Moorghen emphasises the need for simpler听language and points out our 80-20 campaign鈥檚 top tips for relationship-based practice 鈥 听
- The Welsh towns where 1 in 44 children are cared for by the state 鈥 The Sunday Times and Wales Online; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru national director Allison Hulmes provides context around poverty and lack of services to explain high children in care rates in parts of Wales, but also says social work needs to be less risk adverse 鈥 , 听
- New domestic abuse guidance for social workers 鈥 Social Care Today; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 new domestic abuse guidance, which has a greater focus on ethnic minorities, LGBTQ communities and people with disability 鈥 听
- Covid-19: Care leaver 'let down' by Bradford Council 鈥 BBC Yorkshire TV News & Online; In a regional piece about a young care-leaver feeling abandoned during the pandemic due to withdrawn support, PO Rebekah Pierre empathises, while providing the bigger picture of massive demand for a workforce hit by Covid and depleting resources 鈥 and
- The reports and investigations set to shape direction of Care Review 鈥 Children & Young People Now; PO Gavin Moorghen says a relationship-based approach should shape the review 鈥 in print 01/04/2021
- The 鈥榝orgotten frontline鈥 鈥 Labour Research; A full write up of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 COVID-19 survey of social workers and its findings, including comments from CEO Ruth Allen of social work being a 鈥榝orgotten frontline鈥 鈥 in print 01/04/2021
- Caseloads have got less manageable for children鈥檚 social workers under Covid, survey finds 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Gavin Moorghen and SWU鈥檚 John McGowan warn about the consequences from having a 鈥渂urnt out鈥 workforce and say the Government must listen to social workers鈥 concerns on rising caseloads 鈥 听
MARCH 2021
- Wiltshire鈥檚 Amazing Social Workers given national recognition 鈥 Wiltshire Gazette; Coverage of twenty of Wiltshire Council鈥檚 adult and children鈥檚 social workers being recognised in our 鈥楢mazing Social Workers鈥 campaign during World Social Work Month as a collective celebration of all social work 鈥 听
- 鈥楧eeply worrying鈥 age assessment changes will increase risks to child asylum seekers 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of concerns from charities and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England, as we say the changes raise 鈥渕ore questions than they answer鈥, specifically questioning the role and methods of the proposed National Age Assessment Board 鈥 听
- Social workers playing a vital role 鈥 Worcester Observer, Droitwich Standard; A positive piece on World Social Work Day, raising awareness of the work social workers do and the events 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 organised 鈥 听
- World Social Work Day backbench business 鈥 TheyWorkForYou; Coverage of a debate raising awareness of social workers on World Social Work Day by MPs in Westminster, a debate lobbied for by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 鈥 听
- Social workers have been the 鈥渇orgotten frontline鈥 during the Covid-19 crisis 鈥 Alex Cunningham MP; A blog from Labour鈥檚 Alex Cunningham MP hailing the work social workers are doing during the Covid-19 crisis 鈥 听
- Karin Smyth MP hails social workers as the 鈥渇orgotten frontline鈥 during the pandemic 鈥 Karin Smyth MP; Another MP, Bristol South鈥檚 Karin Smyth hails the work social workers have done in the past year, labelling the sector as the 鈥渇orgotten frontline鈥 鈥
- How Social Work England is battling fitness to practise caseloads in face of Covid, legacy and high referrals 鈥 Community Care; SWU boss John McGowan holds Social Work England accountable for the 鈥渦nacceptable delays鈥 in fitness to practice hearings, raising awareness of the devasting impact they have on social workers 鈥 听
- Open letter to the Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Justice 鈥 Friends of the Earth; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru Allison Hulmes signs a letter reconsider the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as it criminalises Gypsy and Traveller communities鈥 way of life 鈥 听
- Town hall to be lit up for World Social Work Day 鈥 South Shields Gazette; Coverage ahead of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 raising awareness day of events for World Social Work Day 鈥 in print 15/03/2021
- Oldham social worker on the 鈥榝orgotten frontline鈥 keeping children safe in lockdown 鈥 Oldham Chronicle; Local social workers and the executive director of Oldham鈥檚 children鈥檚 services echo 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 recent media messages on the forgotten frontline of social work in the context of the lockdown, as well as the increasingly difficult battle to keep children safe 鈥 听
- Fears for region's vulnerable as lockdown takes its toll on social workers 鈥 ITV News (TV & print); A 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 powered news piece including the views of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Andy Tutte on the impact lockdown and pandemic has had on children鈥檚 safety in the North West, reducing resources and restricting social workers, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis warning of stored up harms 鈥 TV and 听
- The day nine children were taken from families on Orkney 鈥 STV News; SASW national director Alison Bavidge reflects on how social services has improved and what still needs to improve on the 30th anniversary of the Orkney scandal 鈥 听
- Time for a career change 鈥 Big Issue; Print coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 call for more social workers to help deal with negative impact of the pandemic on social services provision 鈥 in print 22/02/2021
- Paris Hilton supports tougher law on restraint in NI schools 鈥 BBC NI; Celebrity endorsement for movement, supported by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Northern Ireland, to review restrictive practices, seclusion and restraint in schools 鈥 听
- 鈥業 feel robbed鈥: the disruption, disorder and delays faced by social work students under Covid 鈥 Community Care; In a long feature unveiling the disruption to students and ASYE social workers, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre states our position that ASYE should be 鈥渟trengthened by extending the programme to allow more time to develop skills, through the provision of a greater number of allocated training days, increased supervision, and the opportunity to shadow social workers鈥 -
- 'What's the point?': London鈥檚 children in care feared hardest hit by school closures and lockdown uncertainty 鈥 My London.com; A feature that includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 survey results on decline of children鈥檚 mental health, and Professional Officer Rebekah Pierre鈥檚 social worker take on how lockdown is affecting fostering and routes to education 鈥 听
FEBRUARY 2021
- DfE failure to ban unregulated provision for under-18s will leave teenagers at risk, warn sector heads 鈥 Community Care;听Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and other organisations鈥 reaction to Government move, including a personal account by PO Rebekah Pierre describing the decision to cap it to under-16s only as without 鈥渞ationale鈥 鈥 听
- Black, ethnic minority and disabled practitioners face 鈥榙isproportionate鈥 difficulties passing ASYE, says 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 鈥 Community Care;听Coverage of our call for an external regulator to ensure the ASYE is being applied consistently and in an anti-discriminatory manner, after a revealing blog from A&R officers Laura Sherdian and Lindsey Huxtable 鈥
- Care review鈥檚 rejection of over 900 applicants for experts by experience group sparks 鈥榩ain and anger鈥 鈥 Community Care;听A piece covering the sector鈥檚 reaction to the controversy surrounding the Josh McAllister-led social care review includes a link to 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 policy statement calling for the review to be deferred and reframed 鈥 听
- Delays in fitness to practise process having 鈥榣ife-changing impact鈥 on social workers, says union 鈥 Community Care; SWU general secretary John McGowan warns Social Work England the career and personal harm being done to social work members from delays and fitness to practice processes 鈥 听
- Public service 鈥 Get qualified to make an impact in your community; Guardian Education supplement; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Rebekah Pierre on why she switched careers from dance teacher to social worker and why social work is so rewarding 鈥 in print 16/02/2021
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen provides brief commentary on the extra pressures Covid-19 has put on social services off the back of cuts to existing resources, in a piece for Channel 4 News looking at children hidden during school closures 鈥 Live Friday 12/02/2021
- Ending benefit lifeline risks health of millions, medics say 鈥 BBC News; Failing to extend a 拢20 lockdown benefit boost will harm the health of millions of people for decades, leading health organisations including 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 write in a letter to the PM 鈥 ; Daily Mirror print 05/02/2021
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England PO Liz Howard appears on BBC Radio Surrey to explain why our campaign 鈥 Test, Access, Rights 鈥 is vital to uphold the rights of vulnerable adults in care homes, why access is often denied to social workers and how more testing and vaccines is the way forward 鈥 听
- Social work is buckling under the pressure of lockdown: government 鈥 and the public 鈥 must respond 鈥 Community Care; Further coverage of the launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Covid-19 survey part II as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair Gerry Nosowska blogs on the key themes from the survey 鈥 听
- How different sectors have fared 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Gavin Moorghen reflects on how the profession had to quickly adapt and innovate in response to Covid-19 and restrictions, with mixed results and learning to take forward 鈥 in print 01/02/2021
JANUARY 2021
- Covid lockdown end will bring surge in children in care 鈥 Belfast Live; Further coverage of the launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Covid-19 survey part II Covid-19 survey, highlighting a rise in demand of services 鈥
Launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Covid-19 survey part II听
- Covid: Social workers 'braced for tsunami of needs' after lockdown 鈥 bbc.co.uk; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Covid-19 survey part II, warning of a rise in referrals to social services and the demands being placed on social workers 鈥 , BBC Wales online front page, BBC News Breakfast TV interview with members *Minny and Julia Winkless, BBC R4 Today news bulletins, BBC Radion 5Live interview with Ruth Allen, BBC Radio Wales interview with Allison Hulmes
- Covid: Police with Tasers accompany social worker on visit 鈥 bbc.co.uk; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Allison Hulmes comments on the risks social workers take carrying out their duties during the pandemic, often in increased tense environments 鈥 听
- 36 social workers of working age died from Covid-19 in 2020 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of death toll includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 comments highlighting the risks social workers continue to take in providing services 鈥 听
- Lewis Roberts, fostering social worker and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 UK Vice-Chair speaks to BBC News about the challenges that social workers are facing in managing dealing a rise in demand in fostering during the pandemic 鈥 听
- School closures could wipe out a decade of progress for less privileged pupils 鈥 Sky News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 contributes to a feature on the damage to children from lockdown, with snapshot survey of social workers showing referrals have risen and are higher than last year 鈥
- Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver write to Boris Johnson calling for an urgent review of free school meals 鈥 FE News; Coverage of a letter urging Government to end food poverty, signed by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen 鈥 听
- Oldham council鈥檚 Gerard Jones and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Naomi Sanderson on BBC Radio 4鈥檚 World at One discuss how the pandemic has increased referrals and caseloads in an already impoverished borough, as well as how lockdown has presented extra challenges and pressures on social services 鈥 (starts at 33.35)
- Career progression lacking for BAME care staff, MPs told 鈥 Laing Buisson News; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 peer support service in the context of BAME social care workers not having the same opportunities as others 鈥
- Thinking the unthinkable to support social work students in this third lockdown 鈥 Community Care; A debate between two social work managers on how to support social work students highlights the commitment and work 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 are doing in this field 鈥 听
2020 media highlights
- DECEMBER 2020听
- AMHPs used 鈥榠nappropriately鈥 throughout first Covid-19 lockdown, survey finds 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of the results 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 co-commissioned survey of AMHP services during Covid-19, revealing the decline in the public鈥檚 mental health as well as ethical issues in delivering services under restrictions 鈥 听
- Significant spike in nation's mental distress 鈥 Jewish Tribune; Coverage of the results 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 co-commissioned survey of AMHP services during Covid-19, revealing the decline in the public鈥檚 mental health as well as ethical issues in delivering services under restrictions 鈥 in print 23/12/2020
- Before, there were peaks and troughs 鈥 with Covid, it鈥檚 relentless鈥: social work eight months into the pandemic 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Maris Stratulis expresses concern at the effect Covid-19 and restrictions have had on social workers and calls for more support for a forgotten frontline 鈥 听
- Increase in demand for lockdown mental health services 鈥 Social Care Today; Coverage of the results 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 co-commissioned survey of AMHP services during Covid-19, revealing the decline in the public鈥檚 mental health as well as ethical issues in delivering services under restrictions 鈥 听
- Spike in those experiencing mental health distress 鈥 United Christian Broadcasting; Coverage of the results 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 co-commissioned survey of AMHP services during Covid-19, with author and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Steve Chamberlain discussing the findings 鈥 听
- Social workers report significant spike in nation鈥檚 mental distress 鈥 LocalGov; Coverage of the results 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 co-commissioned survey of AMHP services during Covid-19, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 warning results are just 鈥榯he tip of the iceberg鈥 鈥 听
- Anti-racism in social work: no more questions 鈥 just actions please 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Wayne Reid op-ed on how social work is institutionally racist and there has been a lack of explicit action to tackle this post-George Floyd and Black Lives Matter 鈥
- Grooming gangs continuing to abuse children in northern England, victims and campaigners warn鈥 Sky News;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 defends social workers and the profession from flippant remarks by some in this piece about social services attitude towards victims of child sexual exploitation 鈥 听
- 'It can feel awful trying to do Social Work - without the Social' 鈥 Community Care; Social Care Today and Social Work News; Three platforms cover a 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 adults member and best interest assessor鈥檚 poignant blog on the effect blanket restrictions are having on social workers visiting service users in care settings, and the need for 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Test, Access, Rights campaign 鈥 , ,
- Coronavirus: 75% of social workers feeling more negative about their work-life than last year, survey finds 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Maris Stratulis underlines the 鈥渋ncredible job鈥 social workers have done but questions the support they are receiving and highlights 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Professional Support Service as a tool to help the sector 鈥 听
- Councils withholding advocacy from parents with learning disabilities in child protection process 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Gavin Moorghen comments on how parents need to be part of any of the pre-court process relating to their children and it is vital they are not prevented from having their own voice heard 鈥
- Boris Johnson should call urgent inquiry into how UK has handled Covid-19, 22 charities and trade unions say 鈥 i News; Coverage of an open letter from the group to the PM, of which 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru are signatories 鈥
- Discovering 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询's Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium 鈥 Social Work News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members Pauline Sergeant and Cherelle Francis discuss why they felt compelled to join this new forum launched by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, and their hopes听it will lead to positive change 鈥 ,听
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- NOVEMBER 2020听
- Regulator rejects call to extend renewal deadline with quarter of social workers at risk of removal 鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan calls for an extension due to Covid-19 changing working patterns 鈥
- Child protection referrals surge after first lockdown as councils report rise in mental health issues 鈥 The Independent; A report on what councils call an 鈥榠nvisible crisis鈥 during lockdown, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 providing a member to bring life to the stats by detailing a surge in domestic violence, alcohol abuse and anxiety putting caseloads at an all-time high 鈥 听
- Align social security with health and care systems and fully fund advice provision: Open letter to Government 鈥 Disability Rights UK; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins a host of partner organisations in saying Government鈥檚 promises on social care reform and preventing homelessness provide both the renewed imperative and context for re-designing the social security benefits system 鈥 听
- We must commit to promoting an anti-racist culture in social work 鈥 My Social Work News; An amalgamation of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Wayne Reid鈥檚 recent work on racism, social work and Black History Month in turbulent times 鈥
- A single Social Worker dad's story of the realities of food poverty 鈥 My Social Work News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 student member Dominic Watters gives a poignant account of his personal experiences with food poverty, how this informs his studies and a personal message to the PM 鈥 听
- Social work leaders reveal how the pandemic has really affected the sector 鈥 My Social Work News; As part of this new community website for social workers, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Chair Gerry Nosowska takes part in a roundtable discussion on Covid-19鈥橲 impact on social work 鈥
- Outcry over public sector pay freeze rumours 鈥 Local Government Chronicle; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan says if reports are true then social workers 鈥渉ave once again been forgotten鈥, and says they deserve recognition just like NHS colleagues 鈥 听
- Social insecurity 鈥 Private Eye; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 'Test, Safe Access, Promote Rights' campaign to get social workers regularly tested so they can carry out their duties in health and care settings effectively 鈥 in print 19/11/2020
- People with learning disabilities face 鈥榙iscrimination鈥 as data shows Covid death rate six times the average 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Maris Stratulis highlights 鈥渁ppalling disparity鈥 and criticises the 鈥渄iscriminatory鈥 absence of any information about the deaths of autistic people 鈥
- Numbers referred to social services above 'normal' 鈥 Irish News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Martina Jordan and Andy McClenaghan warn of a deluge of referrals coming as schools reopen, while highlighting the innovative ways social workers are responding despite a lack of resources 鈥 in print 10/11/2020
- More councils reporting high numbers of social workers off work due to Covid 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England warn of the risks to safeguarding communities effectively if the workforce is depleted, and calls for consistent levels of PPE and extra investment into resources for听winter 鈥
- The lost children of lockdown 鈥 The New Statesman; In this long read, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members *Minny and *Emma provide frontline voices on the increased risks to vulnerable children and families during lockdown, including a quote from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Maris Stratulis on how government can help to counter these 鈥
- How Northern Ireland is protecting children at risk during Covid-19 pandemic 鈥 The Irish Times; With rising number of care proceedings, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Martina Jordan and Andy McClenaghan warn about hidden harms, domestic violence and highlight social workers working innovatively to adapt to restrictions 鈥
- Covid-19 drive to clear hospital beds left some of those discharged with unmet needs and no support 鈥 Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 survey on hospital discharges and quotes from PO Liz Howard on the need to change restrictions on social workers so they can carry out statutory duties 鈥
- Getting the lowdown on fast-track schemes 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Brief comment on the need for bursaries for any graduate schemes in social work 鈥 in print 01/11/2020
- Coronavirus: At-risk children in care 'monitored via Zoom calls' 鈥 Belfast Telegraph; In a piece covering social work in Northern Ireland during the lockdown, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI chair Orlaith Gribbon鈥檚 provided context on increasing poverty while PO Martina Jordan highlights the risks social workers took to do their jobs 鈥 print 01/11/2020 and
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- OCTOBER 2020
- A social worker on safeguarding during a pandemic 鈥 Social Care Today; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Mark Monaghan gives a hard-hitting account of how the pandemic has affected children鈥檚 services, especially the wellbeing of both service users and social workers 鈥
- *澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/Sky joint project part II 鈥 Kent social workers say they do not have enough resources to deal with demand 鈥 Sky.com and Sky News; In a joint project with Sky News, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 polls its members on stored-up harms from lockdown showing through as children return to school. Includes print quotes from England director Maris Stratulis on the need for more investment in resources in upcoming Spending Review 鈥 听and 听
- *澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/Sky joint project part I 鈥 Coronavirus: During lockdown, there has been a worrying rise in the number of referrals to child protection units 鈥 Sky.com and Sky News; In a joint project with Sky News, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 polls its members on stored-up harms from lockdown showing through as children return to school. Includes print quotes and a live TV interview with England director Maris Stratulis on rising demand, as well as the听commitment of social workers 鈥 and听听
- 80% of councils have seen rise in children鈥檚 placement costs during Covid-19 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Vice-Chair Lewis Roberts urges sector leaders and听Government to work together, 鈥溾f there鈥檚 a surge in referrals, then there needs to be the staffing in place, and the working conditions in place to manage鈥 鈥
- As social workers, we must do more than stand in solidarity with black people 鈥 The Guardian; Our member Vava Tampa鈥檚 thought provoking piece argues Black people are overmedicated, pathologised and overpoliced 鈥 and the profession needs to work to dismantle racist power structures 鈥 听
- 鈥榃orrying鈥 rise in 鈥榠nadequate鈥 inpatient care for people with autism and learning disabilities; Community Care 鈥 Maris Stratulis on a CQC report which highlight failings in adult social care, raises concerns about 鈥渃losed cultures鈥, the Yew Trees case and promotes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 campaign for social workers to be given 鈥榩rofessional visitor鈥 status 鈥 听
- Hospital visitor ban is needlessly cruel 鈥 Daily Mail; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Mike Bush鈥檚 poignant personal piece argues there are unnecessary barriers put up in the name of lockdown that have pushed people to the brink with their mental health 鈥 in print 08/10/2020, 听
- Guidance a chance to improve NHS support for mental health social workers, say sector leaders 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 statement encouraging networking and contact with peers, creating opportunities in education, mentoring and developing leadership; Chair Gerry Nosowska says 鈥湴拿帕喜士苯峁檠 will continue to push for good working conditions so social workers can work ethically and sustainably鈥 鈥
- Social Worker of the Year Awards 鈥 BucksHerald, Shropshire Star; Promotion and coverage of the upcoming online Social Worker of the Year Awards and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 support of the online event 鈥 and in print 10/10/2020
- Children鈥檚 Workforce annual guide 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Wide coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 support of ASYE scheme and current offerings including CPD, new mentoring scheme PSS and e-learning 鈥 in print 1/10/2020
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- SEPTEMBER 2020
- Historic motion passed to improve human rights of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller听communities 鈥 Traveller Times; Coverage of the passing of Motion 6 at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 AGM that will improve recognition of the human rights of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller听communities into anti-racist discourse and practice in social work 鈥 online
- 'Nine at night and my laptop is still open': social work in a pandemic 鈥 The Guardian; Coverage and reflections on the Guardian鈥檚 Social Lives online discussion in which Wayne Reid, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO, was a panellist and discussed new research showing Covid-19 has blurred professional and personal lines for social workers 鈥
- Vulnerable children 'at risk' as councils cut services in Covid crisis 鈥 The Guardian; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen warns cuts to children's services "would be the opposite of 鈥榣evelling up鈥" and highlights risks to vulnerable families as councils struggle to pay Covid-19 costs 鈥 听
- Government confirms most lapsed children in care duties will be restored, before latest legal hearing 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of the latest in the ongoing challenge from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, numerous children鈥檚 charities and Labour on Government鈥檚 amendments to children鈥檚 services on the grounds that they would reduce safeguards 鈥
- How past 50 years shows the value of social workers shaping their profession 鈥 Community Care;
A snapshot of social work history includes the formation of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and how we progressed the sector on and continue to do so 鈥 听 - 'It's frustrating': UK social workers say they lack time and resources to do their job 鈥 The Guardian; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen comments on caseloads, the impact of Covid-19 and urges practitioners to be given more self-autonomy for a Social Lives research piece on working conditions for social workers 鈥
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- AUGUST 2020听
- Final decision made on Suffolk children鈥檚 centres 鈥 Ipswich Star and six regional titles; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Ipswich branch鈥檚 protest at the planned closure of children鈥檚 centres in favour of family hubs 鈥
- Planned child protection laws under fire 鈥 The Scotsman; SASW and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Allison Hulmes call for an urgent rethink on new planned laws in child protection in Scotland that means lawyers, not social workers, will be assessing child protection cases 鈥
- Thousands of children from migrant families at risk of hunger unless free school meals are extended, charities warn 鈥 Children鈥檚 Society; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 CEO Ruth Allen is a signatory in a letter among a group of 60 organisations written to the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson MP, calling on him to prevent children from going hungry by permanently extending free school meals to pupils from low-income migrant families with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) -
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 launches umbrella company to employ agency social workers 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 new venture to give locum practitioners a compliant and social work-specific service for handling financial affairs 鈥 听
- Paperwork stops social workers helping children 鈥 The Times; Responding to coverage of the Government鈥檚 own research, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Maris Stratulis said overly bureaucratic systems and inadequate IT were forcing many to leave and called for dedicated social workers to get the support they need, while a 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member provides a case study 鈥 and in print 10/08/2020
- Social workers feel 鈥榩owerless鈥 in face of poverty afflicting families 鈥 Community Care, and Gov Speak; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 guide outlining how social workers can tackle poverty is mentioned in piece highlighting how poverty is affecting the effectiveness of social work practice 鈥 ,
- Black and ethnic minority social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise investigations 鈥 Community Care; Social Work England promises change, as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚听Lien Watts, states we 鈥渟upport a formal process of collating data around this issue, which could potentially shed more light on any potential bias in the sector鈥 鈥 听
- Tackling criminal exploitation 鈥 Children & Young People Now; A report criticises the lack of support for victims of CCE, but 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen rejects the view that social services are the weak link. "There are excellent examples of social workers protecting children from CSE鈥 鈥 in print 02/07/2020
- Joined up work and training for professionals is key 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen discusses CCE and CSE, saying the training on offer for social workers can be a bit of a "mixed bag" 鈥 in print 听02/07/2020
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- JULY 2020听
- Children's centre closures will `reduce safe spaces'' say social workers; Ipswich Star; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Suffolk branch says those buildings represent safe spaces for families and need to stay 鈥 , with six other titles publishing too
- Social workers experiencing rising stress and workloads on eve of Covid, finds DfE study 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 responds to the findings saying "yet another reminder of the toll that long hours, high caseloads and poor working conditions is taking on a workforce鈥 鈥 听
- Lemn Sissay: 鈥業 used to be a rebel; I鈥檓 now a rebel with a mortgage鈥; The Sunday Times 鈥 Lemm Sissay talks about his life, including his activities during the pandemic where he gave a keynote address at 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 50th anniversary virtual festival 鈥 in print 19/07/2020
- Black Lives Matter and Everything in between; Jason Liosatos Outside The Box podcast 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Wayne Reid is interviewed about his thoughts on the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement 鈥 听
- Times letters: Lift This Limit; The Times 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Northern Ireland join a number of other signatories in penning a letter calling for the Government to lift the two child limit for Universal Credit to help all children thrive 鈥 in print 17/07/2020
- How to promote an anti-racist culture in social work; Community Care 鈥 In Op-ed, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Wayne Reid sets out his advice for social work leaders in tackling racism within their organisations and the profession as a whole 鈥 听
- Black Lives Matter: Then, Now & Always; Now Then magazine and Working Class Academics.co.uk 鈥 An Op-ed by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Wayne Reid as part of a conference organised by Working Class Academics, following the brutal murder of George Floyd 鈥 ,
- SWU member Carys Phillips joins TalkRadio to highlight the pressures on UK social workers and how they have been exacerbated by Covid-19 and the pandemic 鈥 听
- Minister pledges to reinstate most children in care duties; Community Care 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England argue the changes are unnecessary and may do harm to children and dismiss Government claims that the changes were brought in response to calls from sector leaders 鈥
- Less than a fifth of children with a social worker attend school; The Londoner 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Rebekah Pierre warns of the increased risk to children from domestic violence, gangs and poverty 鈥
- Social World Podcast; episode 94 Black Lives Matter 鈥 David Niven invites 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Wayne Reid onto his show to discuss Black Lives Matter and its roots in social justice 鈥 听
- Third of social workers considering quitting profession 鈥 Community Care; Respondents to SWU poll report worsening mental health, the need to provide their own PPE and significant concerns about referral spike 鈥
- SWU鈥檚 John McGowan and a 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU member discuss the issues and challenges surrounding social work bought on by the pandemic on BBC Radio Suffolk 鈥 (starts 11:12am)
- Changes to children鈥檚 centres 鈥 Lowestoft Journal; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 is cited in a local opinion piece over
concerns for both adults and children in families after potential closures of 鈥渓ife changing鈥 Children's Centres 鈥 print 03/07/2020 - Centres are vital for well-being of families 鈥 Bury Free Press; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides information and concerns for a piece from local Councillor Diane Hind on the importance of children and families centres, and the risks of cutting further services after the pandemic 鈥 print 02/07/2020
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- JUNE 2020
- Systemic factors have driven social worker risk-taking during pandemic 鈥 Community Care;
New research from Birmingham University mirrored key messages from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询's own Covid-19 survey, says national director Maris Stratulis, and reinforces that there is regional and local variation at a systems and leadership level 鈥 听 - The Value of Social Work 鈥 On Probation (Blog); 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Code of Ethics is cited in arguing for being "focused on problem solving and change" and holding up social justice and human rights 鈥 听
- Four ways the Covid-19 crisis will transform UK social work 鈥 The Guardian; A blog from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen on 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 50th birthday, in which she maps out the future of social work in the context of Covid-19 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 at 50: `given what we can achieve with 21,000 members think what we could do with 100,000' 鈥 Community Care; On 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 50th birthday, CEO Ruth Allen sets out her plans for developing the organisation as the practitioners' voice and source of support and development 鈥 听
- Charity reports lockdown jump in foster care referrals 鈥 The Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Lewis Roberts speaks to The Independent on seeing more families struggling as lockdown takes its toll 鈥 leaving more children at risk. He explains that the delays in family court proceedings also meant youngsters were spending longer periods in high-risk situations 鈥 in print 23/06/2020
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 PO Gavin Moorghen balances evidence-based needs and the effects of austerity as he gives a social worker鈥檚 perspective on BBC Radio 5 Live鈥檚 discussion about new research showing an increasing number of children are taken into care from birth 鈥
- Black Lives Matter: social work must respond with action 鈥 not platitudes 鈥 CommunityCare; There has been a weak response from social work leaders to George Floyd's killing. Practitioners must re-evaluate their roles to act as effective allies for people from Black and ethnic minority groups, says 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Wayne Reid 鈥
- Calls for ministers to provide ''leadership and clarity'' on childcare 鈥 The Irish News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 adds its voice with others calling for health and social care ministers to show leadership 鈥
- Children and Young Persons 鈥 They Work For You; Report on MPs debates on legislation changes to safeguarding children. MP Tim Loughton states The Children 's Commissioner, ADCS and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 were not consulted 鈥
- MPs vote against scrapping controversial relaxation of children in care duties 鈥 Communitycare; Report includes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 opposition that the changes are unnecessary and may do harm to children, and that they could pave the way for permanent weakening of safeguarding 鈥
- Data groups help councils in hunt for vulnerable 鈥 Financial Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Steve Liddicott contributes to piece on algorithms and data-tech use in identifying potential COVID-19 sufferers amongst vulnerable groups 鈥 in print 10/06/2020
- Hansard Commons Sitting 鈥 Discussion on children and young persons; Evidence of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 influencing work and lobbying as MPs raise concerns from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and other stakeholders on the statutory changes to safeguarding children the Government are pushing through at speed 鈥 听
- Eighteen ex-social workers recruited from temporary register 鈥 Communitycare.co.uk; The need to learn lessons from the campaign was raised by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis. "It is really important that the sector learns why 鈥楾he Social Work Together' campaign has had minimal impact.鈥 鈥
- Children's charity launches legal bid to quash relaxation of children in care duties 鈥 Communitycare.co.uk; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 鈥 and partners 鈥 objection to recently introduced statutory instruments that have in our view, significantly diluted of child safeguarding duties 鈥 听
- Engage: Looking after your mental health during pandemic 鈥 Care Appointments (Web);
Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen call for 鈥榮trategies should be put in place to mitigate the threat to psychological, social and spiritual health posed by the coronavirus' 鈥 - DfE facing legal challenge over children in care plans 鈥 The MJ (Municipal Journal)
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 joins other organisations in urging the Government to withdraw the statutory instrument, which it says 'risks the welfare and rights of children' 鈥 in print 01/06/2020 - 听
- MAY 2020听
- Young people鈥檚 mental health suffering during lockdown, says charity 鈥 The Voice; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 co-signs a letter from YoungMinds to the government calling for action to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children as a survey reveals widespread concerns among parents and carers 鈥
- Charity blasts legislation relaxing duties to children in care 鈥 Seniors Housing Weekly News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 adds its 听voice to the response to changes, warning "hard won rights in law are not simply bureaucratic processes but exist to protect children and young people and promote their well-being" 鈥 print 20/05/2020
- 鈥淣o hand sanitiser, no procedures鈥: Social workers on protecting children in the pandemic 鈥 New Statesman; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Andy Gill and members tell their experiences of working on the frontline with no PPE and a lack of national guidance 鈥
- Social workers with no PPE shut out 鈥 Sunday Mirror; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides a member to discuss how a lack of a regular supply of PPE is limiting safeguarding capability, while SWU鈥檚 Carol Reid highlights how austerity has left services less able to deal with the fallout from the pandemic 鈥 in print 17/05/2020
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member *Honor from London on BBC Radio 5 Live is joined by Barnando鈥檚 in a discussion highlighting the challenges in safeguarding vulnerable children during a lockdown when direct contact is limited 鈥 听
- Heroic young social carers fast- tracked to join key workforce 鈥 Irish News (Belfast); 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Carolyn Ewart thanked the students and pledged to support them. "Now, more than ever, newly qualified social workers will face testing scenarios鈥 鈥 in print 13/05/2020
- Covid-19 pandemic: We have failed the care sector in Northern Ireland, says Human Rights Commissioner 鈥 VIEW Digital; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Carolyn Ewart highlights the听risks "posed by failure to conduct thorough inspections into standards of care" and that听regulatory inspections by the RQIA should recommence 鈥
- Grave concerns over low income families: letter to First Minister 鈥 North Edinburgh News; SASW鈥檚 Alistair Brown joins a host of charities and organisations in signing a letter spelling out concerns for the most vulnerable in society to Scotland鈥檚 First Minister 鈥
- If U.K. Schools Reopen, Will the Students Return? 鈥 New York Times (UK edition); 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members explain some of the difficulties assessing vulnerable children, especially over videos such as potential 鈥渃oercing of a situation off camera鈥 鈥 听
- 10 social workers have died from Covid-19, official figures show 鈥 Community Care; In response to the government's plan for easing the lockdown, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU said "Social workers need to know that they will be protected at work鈥 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Rebekah Pierre on BBC Radio Somerset discusses the challenges facing social workers during the pandemic and how the sector is bracing itself for a rise in referrals post-lockdown 鈥 听
- Social workers brace for a surge in child protection referrals when schools re-open 鈥 The Independent; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan calls on the Government to adequately fund social services to deal with expected rise in demand post-lockdown 鈥 听
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- APRIL 2020
- Child abuse calls are down 20% 鈥 BBC online, BBC R4 Today, BBC Breakfast news; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Allison Hulmes adds a social worker perspective to the increased risk to vulnerable children as a result of lockdown, as well as calling for more PPE for social workers 鈥 , TV and radio
- Fears Kirklees'' vulnerable children at risk as social services job posts left empty 鈥 Dewsbury Reporter; Local coverage of SWU鈥檚 John McGowan warning over the vacancy rate for social workers before coronavirus was too high, and now will get worse due to the effects of the outbreak 鈥
- The personal stories听of more than 130 of those who have died in the Covid-19 pandemic 鈥 The Guardian; A tribute to a social worker who died from COVID-19 is included, along with a message from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen on the tireless work done at increased risk by social workers 鈥
- Charities urge DfE to change ''misleading'' Covid-19 care leavers guidance 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Government advice states that PPE is not required unless the people being visited are "symptomatic of coronavirus or have a confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus", despite 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, which has also signed the letter, advising social workers to treat home visits as a "high-risk Covid-19 situation" 鈥 听
- Expert Comment: What does COVID-19 mean for UK child safeguarding practice? 鈥 University of Kent;听Organisations supporting professionals will be aware of these increasing pressures and some, such as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, are keen to identify the impact of COVID-19 upon their workforce. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询's online survey is evidence of this 鈥
- Social workers 鈥榰nder pressure to be unsafe鈥 鈥 Local Government Chronicle; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Andy Gill says the 1,600 responses to a survey of members shows huge concern over the availability of PPE and how to use it, and calls for national guidance to 鈥渃atch up with that reality鈥 鈥
- Keeping district's children safe is ''our top priority'', says council boss 鈥 Telegraph & Argus; Local council bosses respond to social worker shortage warnings from SWU鈥檚 John McGowan during the pandemic 鈥
- 'We have put our lives at risk for the greater good': Sheffield social worker and coronavirus survivor calls for public support 鈥 Sheffield Star; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 backs the call from social worker recovering from coronavirus asking members of the public to show their appreciation for her colleagues who put themselves at risk daily to help children and vulnerable people 鈥
- Vacant posts spark worries children could be at risk in Wigan care system 鈥 Wigan Evening Post; More local coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU鈥檚 warning over social work shortages and staff pressures that existed pre-virus outbreak and now are worsening 鈥
- Coronavirus impact on nation's mental health 鈥 The Times; Coverage of a co-signed letter to the Times on the effects the virus and the subsequent lockdown are having on the population, especially those suffering mental health disorders 鈥 in print 09/04/2020
- Almost a quarter of child social services jobs unfilled in Redbridge 鈥 Ilford Recorder; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan, said social workers are already struggling with the effects of the outbreak, with many off sick or in self-isolation 鈥
- Covid-19: children''s social care guidance criticised for `unlawfulness'' and approach to PPE 鈥 Community Care; "PHE guidance overall does not advise 鈥榠n case' use of PPE to deal with asymptomatic risk," said the letter from association chair Gerry Nosowska and chief executive Ruth Allen 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 helps shape, and provides a member voice,听for a BBC Newsnight program on the increased risks the coronavirus and isolation poses to vulnerable children and the extra challenges facing children听and families social workers - (08/04/2020)
- Councils' pandemic fight is hampered by central micromanagement 鈥 The Guardian; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 call for PPE for social workers and social care workers, and our warnings about escalating caseloads and demand while the workforce is depleting 鈥 听
- More than 70% of children鈥檚 social workers struggled with caseloads on eve of Covid-19 crisis, survey reveals 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU comment on how COVID-19 is exacerbating the already-high pressures on workforce, making it much more difficult for practitioners to do their job 鈥 听
- Newport AM John Griffiths calls for support for vulnerable 鈥 South Wales Argus; Coverage of Wales Anti-Poverty Coalition鈥檚 letter co-signed by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru calling on Welsh Government to look after the most vulnerable people in society during the COVID-19 crisis 鈥 听
- Coronavirus: Fears over social worker sickness levels 鈥 Dorset Echo; Local coverage of the call from SWU鈥檚 John McGowan for more recognition of social workers and the risks they are taking during the virus as they continue delivering services in communities 鈥 听
- Social work teams depleting due to coronavirus, warns 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 as it calls for priority testing for practitioners 鈥 Community Care; Ability to assess infection among social workers urgently needed to keep statutory services running, says association chair Gerry Nosowska 鈥
- Almost a fifth Essex's child social services jobs unfilled before coronavirus outbreak 鈥 Epping Forest Guardian; Local coverage of SWU鈥檚 John McGowan call for urgent extra funding for more social workers to meet increased demand especially as the sector is already struggling with the effects of the outbreak, with many off sick or in self-isolation 鈥
- 'I can't know the children are safe': social workers' fears over lockdown 鈥 Guardian; David Brindle lays bare the reality of frontline children鈥檚 social work during coronavirus, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members sharing their experiences and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen calling for better national guidance 鈥
- Children across Dorset could be at increased risk 鈥 Bournemouth Daily Echo; Local coverage of SWU鈥檚 John McGowan warning that social workers are struggling with the effects of the outbreak, with many off sick or in self-isolation 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 makes fresh plea for PPE as social worker dies from Covid-19 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Social work leaders have reiterated calls for teams to be issued with personal protective equipment (PPE) after an employee at a London council died from coronavirus 鈥
- Key and home workers struggling with childcare, poll reveals 鈥 People Management Online; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan gives an insight into social workers, as key workers, being forced to decide between not going to work or leaving their children at risk of the virus 鈥
- Failed placements, online lectures and uncertain futures: Covid-19''s impact on social work students 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 ongoing survey of how the impact of the crisis on the profession raises concerns of how students are being treated 鈥
- Call for social workers to be recognised for work during coronavirus outbreak 鈥Wiltshire Gazette & Herald; Local coverage of SWU calling on urgent cash injection for child services, as well as personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic 鈥
- Our friends in need 鈥 The MJ (Municipal Journal); Gerry Nosowska, Chair of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, pens a letter听 on how local government is at the heart of our country's response to COV1D-19, and social workers are central to supporting children, families and adults 鈥 in print 01/04/20
Coronavirus crisis: Increasing testing is ''top priority'', Cabinet Minister insists 鈥 Daily Express; Social workers last night became latest frontline workforce to beg for PPE. In a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 said its staff lacked even basic hand sanitiser 鈥
MARCH 2020* (Coronavirus outbreak)
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen discusses the findings of our survey of social workers鈥 experiences during the pandemic on BBC 5 Live, accompanied by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 social worker members providing their direct frontline stories 鈥 听
- Social worker one of two employees at council to die after contracting Covid-19 鈥 Community Care; A social worker at a London borough has died after being infected with coronavirus, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 condolence statement and call for PPE is covered 鈥
- Lockdown proving hard on social services across Wiltshire 鈥 Wiltshire Times, Gazette & Herald; SWU General Secretary, John McGowan, speaks to local papers to warn that social workers are already struggling with the effects of the outbreak, with many off sick or in self-isolation, and also comments a rise in caseloads before the virus started 鈥 ,
- Covid-19: AMHPs鈥 protective equipment needs not sufficiently considered, warn sector leaders 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen raises concerns about how a stretched workforce will deal with further depletion through self-isolation, sickness and carry out Mental Health Act assessments 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 chair of mental health PPEG, Claire Barcham, on BBC News at Nine discusses the increased risks to people suffering mental health disorders and/or stress during isolation and how mental health social workers are trying to work around the barriers of lockdown 30/03/20 [link to follow]
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen joins BBC Radio 4鈥檚 Woman鈥檚 Hour to discuss the findings from our survey of over 1400 social workers, including the risks to them and people using services, lack of the right equipment and guidance and the extra challenges in trying to safeguard vulnerable people 30/03/20 -
- Covid-19: lack of pandemic protocols leaves social work playing catch-up, warns 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chief 鈥 Community Care; Too little 'thinking the unthinkable' at the highest levels has left the sector 'starting from a long way back', says Ruth Allen as social workers call for consistent national guidance around coronavirus 鈥
- Coronavirus: Social workers forced to make 鈥楧IY protection kits鈥 for visits 鈥 Children & Young People Now;听A 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 survey found that social workers are having to make their own DIY safety kits for visits, often using water, bowls and soap 鈥
- Social workers isolation fears 鈥 The MJ (Municipal Journal);听A survey of social workers about the impact of coronavirus by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 has warned that family abuse, neglect and domestic violence may increase with school closures 鈥 in print 26/03/20
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer Gavin Moorghen on BBC News at Nine calls for social workers to have the right personal protective equipment (PPE) and highlights how hard the job has become 鈥 and the increased risks 鈥 in a climate of isolation, especially in children鈥檚 services 25/03/20 [link to follow]
- Social workers 鈥榰rgently鈥 need hand sanitizer, survey reveals 鈥 Local Gov; A survey of 1400 social workers by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 has revealed their two biggest concerns are the lack of personal protective equipment and guidance on how to safeguard vulnerable children and families effectively during a lockdown 鈥
- Southend social workers could be asked to visit people with coronavirus 鈥 Southend Advertiser;听Local media highlights risks to social workers from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 survey and carry CEO Ruth Allen鈥檚 quotes calling for them to be 鈥渁fforded the same commitment for safety as our health care colleagues鈥 鈥
- Covid-19: increased isolation 鈥榬isks worsening level and severity of domestic abuse鈥 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 has already raised concerns about social workers鈥 ability to identify abuse, including domestic abuse, under the current circumstances 鈥
- Social workers call for clarity on carrying out statutory duties 鈥 Local Gov; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 survey shows social workers are concerned they will be unable to safeguard families and carry out their statutory duties in the face of mass isolation;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 calls for more information on the implications for registration 鈥
- Coronavirus: 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 urges more support for social workers 鈥 Children & Young People Now; Social workers will need clearer guidance and professional support and resources to help vulnerable families and children once emergency legislation come into effect, says 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 鈥 听
- Revealed: Frontline Social Workers Could Be Without Protective Equipment Until Wednesday 鈥 Huffington Post UK;听Chair of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Gerry Nosowska said:听鈥淭here needs to be no further delay in this and there needs to be enough PPE for all social workers to do their essential work. We will keep advocating for the equipment and guidance social workers need to do their jobs.鈥 鈥
- Covid-19: how has social work responded to the coronavirus crisis? 鈥 Community Care;听Coverage of our survey launch of social workers听about their workplace challenges, fears and calls for best practice. 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 statement on early findings indicate widespread about how to carry out statutory duties in the face of mass population isolation -
- Frontline Social Workers Visiting Vulnerable And Elderly Face Lack Of Equipment And Guidance 鈥 Huffington Post UK;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 helps shape breaking article and announces our survey launch to canvass social worker experiences from the frontline during the coronavirus 鈥
FEBRUARY 2020
- Interview: 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair Gerry Nosowska on the future of social work 鈥 Social Care Today; In a wide-ranging interview, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair Gerry Nosowska talks about recruitment and retentions issues in social work, working conditions and what is urgently needed for social work and social care from the Government鈥檚 next Budget 鈥
- Narrative of social workers stifled by admin needs revision, finds study 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England chair Andy Gill argues this new research supports findings and aims of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 80-20 Campaign for more support and resources to free social workers to do direct relationship based social work 鈥 听
- SASW鈥檚 Alistair Brown on BBC Scotland says social workers are working extremely hard and that it is the failure to adequately resource听third sector agencies to support the delivery of Community Packback Orders that is the reason for a drop in their use 鈥
- Two in five practitioners now logged on to Social Work England accounts for posting CPD 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England reaffirms position that the new regulator needs registered social worker representation on the board, in article analysing Social Work England鈥檚 first few months as regulator 鈥
- Help and support when it鈥檚 needed 鈥 Edinburgh Evening News; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer Gavin Moorghen talks about how a career in social work is challenging, but rewarding in a Jobs & Careers feature 鈥 print 06/02/2020
- AMHP workforce shrank by 4% last year, finds survey 鈥 Community Care; Feature article highlights 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 concerns on workforce shortages, including our work with the APPG on social work to听call听for a statutory minimum number of AMHPs in each area 鈥
- Ask the Expert 鈥 Social Work magazine; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer Gavin Moorghen answers a question on 鈥渕uddled responsibilities鈥 between children鈥檚 social workers and police over who takes the lead on investigations 鈥 and print
JANUARY 2020
- Why we changed careers to work with children 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Helen Gormley and SWU general secretary John McGowan talk about their routes into social work and how austerity is increasing vacancy rates 鈥
- Rise in children involved in gangs described as real concern 鈥 Lowestoft Journal; Julia Winkless, chairwoman of the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Ipswich and Suffolk branch says the statistics on gangs reflects what social workers are seeing on the ground, adding greater awareness of the issues of gangs and child sexual exploitation is needed 鈥 print 24/01/19
- Council considers recruiting social workers from overseas 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis emphasises the need to improve working conditions to stabilise vacancy rates, and calls for a smooth process for international social workers choosing to work in the UK 鈥
- Adoption not always best for children 鈥 The Guardian ; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members Prof Brid Featherstone听and听Prof Anna Gupta听react to Government鈥檚 call for a greater focus on adoption by highlighting the harsh severance of the legal relationship between those adopted and their birth family, and how it is out of line with the emotional realities for most involved 鈥
- Children鈥檚 minister鈥檚 call for directors to prioritise adoption lambasted by sector heads 鈥 Community Care; A joint statement issued via 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 by members Prof Brid Featherstone and Prof Anna Gupta express 鈥渃oncern鈥 at the government鈥檚 moves to prioritise adoption 鈥
- SWU鈥檚 John McGowan speaks to BBC Radio Kent to highlight the increasing pressures, and caseloads, on social workers, and where improvements can be made, after Medway local authority is criticised for its safeguarding of children (Go to 2:11:17 鈥 2:20:46) 鈥
- Adult social care reform 鈥 IndependentLiving.co.uk; Showcase 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 consultation on social care paper that promotes independent living 鈥
- 鈥楾he beating heart of the team鈥: how personal assistants can free social workers from the admin grind 鈥 Community Care; A feature piece highlights 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚听听and听the bleak ratio of case-management grind vs time with families that professionals can face 鈥
- Two competitions recognising the contribution of Scottish social workers to merge 鈥 CareAppointments.co.uk; The Scottish Social Services Awards (run by the SSSC) and Scottish Association of Social Work Awards (run by SASW) will now be known as the Scottish Social Services Awards 鈥
- Rise in children involved in gangs is 'of real concern' 鈥 Ipswich Star, Bury Mecury and four more local newspapers; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Ipswich branch chair, Julia Winkless, warns about how Suffolk members are calling for greater awareness of the issues of gangs and child sexual exploitation after seeing a spike in referrals 鈥 ,
- Evidence must inform health and social care planning post-Brexit, or the most vulnerable will suffer 鈥 Public Sector Focus magazine; SASW鈥檚 Emily Galloway calls on personal experience in arguing for an evidence-based, rational and human approach to health and social care during and after Brexit 鈥
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen discusses the probation system and the role of social workers within a multi-disciplinary team 鈥 Voice of Islam podcast 鈥
2019 media highlights
DECEMBER 2019
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Andy McClenaghan joins Radio Ulster鈥檚 Sunday with Dearbhail to talk about poverty from a social work perspective, as part of welfare reform campaign group, Cliff Edge Coalition 鈥
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI's Carolyn Ewart talks about support packages and better cross communication on BBC Radio Foyle, following the tragic death of three-year-old Kayden McGuinness in Derry 鈥
Social Work and Human Rights guides launched by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 鈥 Family Law Week; Coverage of our launch of new resources to help social workers be at the forefront of defending existing human rights and building new rights and protections for the most vulnerable 鈥
The new children鈥檚 social work model aiming to increase 鈥榝ace-to-face time鈥 by 60% 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 comments on Frontline鈥檚 blueprint for children鈥檚 social work, welcoming their input in听a debate in which our ongoing 80-20 Campaign has provided a strong voice for over a year 鈥
Social workers win top awards 鈥 Cambridge Live, Essex Live, various others; Winners from the Social Worker of the Year Awards, including 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 members and awards sponsored by 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询, are lauded by regional local authorities 鈥
Election 2019 鈥 Children & Young People Now; An election overview highlights how our manifesto calls for parliamentary candidates from all parties to pledge their support for social workers and the children and families who use their services 鈥 print 01/12/19
NOVEMBER
Is it right to use AI to identify children at risk of harm? 鈥 The Guardian;听Machine learning is being used to help protect children, but it raises ethical questions for 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 national director, Maris Stratulis, while 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Steve Liddicott highlights how it could听help 鈥
Mental health services cut due to funding in South West 鈥 BBC News South West & radio; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 comments on short-term contracts for mental health counselling services, stating they听create instability and that we need long-term funding so young people can get the help they need 鈥 ,
From cradle to care 鈥 BBC Radio 4; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询听professional officer Gavin Moorghen and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Prof. Brid Featherstone contribute to an insightful discussion on the rise in number of new-borns entering care 鈥
With an upcoming election, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 CEO Ruth Allen discusses social care on LBC Radio鈥檚 Eddie Mair show, emphasising how investment in social care and social work would alleviate pressures on the NHS 鈥
Councils urged to tackle AMHP salary disparities and stress in national workforce plan 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 raises concerns about workforce shortages, including a听听鈥
Nearly a third of neglected children are at crisis point 鈥 Blackpool Gazette; Spire FM; Bucks Free Press; A number of local papers report on the Government鈥檚 Children In Need 2019 stats, with guidance from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 鈥 , ,
The Children Act 1989: 30 years on 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Children & Families PPEG lead June Thoburn reflects on the impact of the Act and how it鈥檚 core principals may be under threat 鈥 print November 2019 issue
Pledge to close all child prisons in election manifestos, urge campaigners 鈥 Children & Young People Now;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 namechecked as part of a coalition of 70 organisations calling for all prisons for children to be closed and young people only prosecuted as a last resort 鈥
Ask the Expert 鈥撎Social Work News;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis answers questions on social work stigmas and why admin support has been cut in a 鈥楢sk the Expert鈥 feature听鈥
SWU general secretary John McGowan discusses working conditions after a Government report on Stoke鈥檚 struggling children鈥檚 services 鈥 BBC Radio Stoke 鈥
Thresholds may be stabilising, as growth in referrals leading to no action slows 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer, Gavin Moorghen, comments on the Government鈥檚 latest Children in Need stats, and highlights an environment of increased poverty, diminishing resources and underfunding 鈥
Universal DisCredit 鈥 The Canary, independent journalism; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 contributes to a powerful new film that shines a light on the devastating consequences of Universal Credit 鈥 听
What social care bodies want from the upcoming general election 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 calls for an end to austerity policies and welfare cuts, manageable workloads for social workers and increased funding for social care 鈥
OCTOBER
Unions 'echo concerns' of Children's Services whistleblower;听SWU write to North East Lincolnshire Council regarding concerns raised by social workers over caseloads, saying that they "need to get this right" or they risk doing a disservice to the children 鈥
Put an end to PIP and Universal Credit 鈥 Belfast Media Group; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 research and messaging on Universal Credit driving more children into poverty is highlighted in opinion piece 鈥 print 26/10/19
Few social workers feel training provides 鈥榙igital readiness鈥 for practice, research finds 鈥 Community Care; Practitioners tell SCIE and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 study they want new workplace systems that prioritise relationship-based practice and augment rather than replace work carried out by humans 鈥
Complicating pensions 鈥 The Financial Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 description of 拢2.5bn allocation to social care in the 2019 autumn spending round as merely a 鈥渟ticking plaster鈥 is highlighted in a piece about planning for your future 鈥 print 09/10/19
Challenge Poverty Week 鈥 warning about number of Scots struggling 鈥 The National.scot; SASW highlights the increasing poverty rates in Scotland and promotes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Anti-poverty practice guide 鈥
Call for faster action to combat child poverty 鈥 Glasgow Evening Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SASW highlights child poverty figures and demand on social work during Challenge Poverty Week 鈥
Social workers using own money to make sure families eat 鈥 Care Appointments.co.uk; Food bank referrals have become an every-day part of social work practice across Scotland 鈥 with social workers even using their own money to make sure families have enough to eat, says SASW 鈥
Jobs with integrity 鈥 Target Jobs; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen gives a rundown of the ethics behind social work practice and why it鈥檚 a great career choice 鈥
Welsh social workers fear wearing ID badges, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 says after 鈥榓ppalling鈥 assault 鈥 Community Care; Abuse of practitioners commonplace, warns 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru's Allison Hulmes,听as woman jailed听for attack on social work assistant 鈥
SEPTEMBER
The small social work kitbag making a big difference to children鈥檚 lives 鈥撎Care Appointments; More coverage of the TLC Kitbag campaign, and of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 80:20 Campaign to increase time spent on relationship-based practice -听
'When is it going to happen?' - 'delay' to children's centres consultation 鈥 East Anglian Daily Times; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and Chair of our Ipswich branch, Julia Winkless, say the delay to a consultation on closing children鈥檚 centres is "unsettling" for everyone concerned 鈥
Kitbags developed to help social workers talk to children 鈥 Nursery World; Social workers are trialing the use of finger puppets and a 鈥榯alking stick鈥 to use in their conversations with young children, a tool championed in our 80:20 Campaign 鈥
Focus on socio-economic rights and avoid stigma to tackle poverty, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 guide urges social workers 鈥 Community Care; Coverage of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 launch of designed to provide practitioners with practical suggestions to address poverty in their casework 鈥
'It would be tragic if they closed', parents on threatened children's centres 鈥 IpswichStar.co.uk / BuryMercury.co.uk; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Ipswich & Suffolk branch member Julia Winkless, with 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer Keri O鈥橰iordan, secure a meeting with councillor Gordon Jones to protest closure of children鈥檚 centres 鈥
University Student Wins National Essay Writing Prize 鈥 Worc.ac.uk; Acknowledgement from Worcester University for our student member Jennie Simpson for winning SWU鈥檚 World Social Work Day Essay Competition 鈥
PSNI chief: 鈥楥hildren not seen as a weapon in the fight against paramilitary crime鈥 鈥 viewdigital.org; Northern Ireland police chief Simon Byrne is forced to retract his comments about taking children away from paramilitaries as 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Carolyn Ewart describes them as 鈥渋nappropriate鈥 鈥
Fewer hearings, less stress and more social work involvement: how new regulator is reforming fitness to practise 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 & SWU鈥檚 Lien Watts describes Social Work England鈥檚 new focus on coming to timely decisions as a 鈥渞eal positive鈥, for lengthy processes create 鈥渉uge stress鈥 social workers 鈥
Javid unveils short-term social care funding boost in spending review 鈥 Community Care; In reaction to the Chancellor鈥檚 Spending Review 2019, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 highlights the absence of a long-term solution for social care and lack of detail for struggling children鈥檚 services 鈥
Workforce skills for the future 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer Gavin Moorghen argues for a return to more relationship-based practice, citing 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 80/20 Campaign 鈥 print 01/09/2019
AUGUST
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru national director, Allison Hulmes, outlines听her support for a new bill in Wales that aims to outlaw disciplining/chastisement as a defence for child-smacking;听Voice of Islam UK radio 鈥
Social work; Children's Workforce Qualifications and Training Guide 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer Gavin Moorghen reiterates 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 position on NAAS and that our focus is to support social workers whatever their decision 鈥
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 professional officer, Keri O鈥橰iordan, delves into the highs and lows of being a social worker and why the profession is challenging yet rewarding;听BBC Radio London 鈥
Just visiting, still practicing 鈥 OnMedica.com/blog; An interesting blog by听GP听Chris Preece听explores the risk social workers take on duty and uses stats from 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU鈥檚 working conditions campaign 鈥
Social care worker arrest prompts review of teenager care 鈥 bbc.co.uk/northern-ireland; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides a short comment on need for robust recruitment process 鈥
Social workers are scared to tell strangers what they do 鈥 thetimes.co.uk; After a headline grabbing murder, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 provides a case study on the very mixed, multi-level relationship social workers have with society and people鈥檚 perception of the profession 鈥
Social work: 'I had a parent screaming foul names at me' 鈥 bbc.co.uk/news; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and SWU reveal levels of violence and abuse social workers can be exposed to, while calling for protection parity with our emergency colleagues 鈥
Revealed: Shocking scale of Birmingham youth centre closures as knife crime rockets across city 鈥 Birmingham Mail; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Birmingham branch contributes to an in-depth feature on the results of unrelenting funding听cuts 鈥
Woman killed in Birmingham was social care worker carrying out home visits, reports say 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 expresses condolences and highlights risks for social care professionals carrying out their duties 鈥
Post-ASYE support crucial to improving social worker retention, research suggests鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan says the research underlined the 鈥渋ncredibly challenging鈥 nature of the profession 鈥
The Universal Credit two-child limit: all cost, no benefit 鈥 厂濒耻驳驳别谤翱鈥橳辞辞濒别.肠辞尘; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI鈥檚 Andy Mclenaghan blogs on the callous and degrading aspects of the UC two-child limit and ramifications for women and social workers 鈥
Public Back More Funding For Care Workers 鈥 therooftop.news.co.uk; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan says cuts to social work are a false economy and urges the government to listen to the public and invest in vital adult social care 鈥
Case study: Newly qualified social worker 鈥 Prospects听(online听and magazine); 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Daniel Sillman gives professional advice in a leading career focussed journal for students thinking of studying social work 鈥
Welsh smacking ban takes step forward 鈥 Wrexham.com; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 evidence says, 鈥榬easonable chastisement鈥 argument gives a clear message that children do not enjoy equal rights to adults 鈥
Final Social Work England standards remove duty to report impact of resources on safe practice - Community Care;听Sarah Blackmore, Social Work England鈥檚 executive director of standards, said the move came in response to organisations including 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 commenting that the clause put too much pressure on practitioners 鈥
JULY听
Less than one in ten social workers have workload covered when they do training 鈥 Community Care; SWU鈥檚 John McGowan, highlights听听which had shown 鈥渢he difficulties faced by social workers and the impact of the lack of training and career development鈥 鈥
New Mental Health Act must require minimum number of AMHPs, says parliamentary inquiry 鈥 Community Care; A key recommendation from an inquiry into the implications of revamped legislation on compulsory mental health care for social work, carried out by the听 鈥
Adopt social model to deal with mental health 鈥 LocalGov.co.uk; Government Business; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 and the APPG make nine recommendations to the government in听co-developed new inquiry;听.听鈥撎,
Low take-up of NAAS down to social workers being unsure of benefits 鈥 Community Care;听...the 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 (澳门六合彩开奖结果查询) has said that it will support members undertaking the tests, but does not endorse the scheme on value for money grounds 鈥
A case of cuts and confidence crisis 鈥 Municipal Journal; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 open letter urging Conservative party leadership candidates to prioritise the much-delayed adult green paper dovetails with an ADASS survey highlighting pessimism in the sector 鈥 print (05/07/2019)
How learning disabilities framework for adult social workers fills longstanding guidance gap 鈥 Community Care; Capabilities statement outlines expectations of social workers,听says 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England professional officer听Becky Reynolds听鈥
JUNE
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Adults PPEG vice chair, Erin King, speaks on radio about the group鈥檚 open letter to candidates for the Tory party leadership, urging them to prioritise the delayed adult green paper 鈥 United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) 鈥
Kids can鈥檛 wait for new income supplement, warns Scotland鈥檚 civic society 鈥 Scottish Housing News; SASW signs joint letter to call on听First听Minister Nicola Sturgeon听to speed up the introduction of a new income supplement to tackle child poverty 鈥
'Duty to notify' plan to tackle human trafficking 鈥 BBC News Scotland;听Alistair Brown, national director of SASW, welcomes plans but stresses the need for a streamlined process for over-worked social workers 鈥
Social Work students failing to get work placements 鈥 Irish Examiner; Colin Reid, chair of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 NI, points at Brexit further affecting work opportunities for social workers 鈥
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 International Committee chair, David Jones, gives a social work insight into three recent serious case reviews 鈥 BBC Radio Northampton 鈥 listen
Social work sector must embrace technology or risk being 鈥榣eft behind鈥, says 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chief 鈥 Community Care;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chief executive Ruth Allen maps out a joint project with SCIE to improve practitioners鈥 digital skills -
MAY
During Foster Care听Fortnight, 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Zoe Stanyard gives a social worker鈥檚 perspective on adoption;听BBC Four Women鈥檚 Hour 鈥 listen
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair Gerry Nosowska looks at deteriorating working conditions and an increase in caseload as drivers behind staff shortages;听BBC Radio Three Counties 鈥 listen
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 helps BBC Newsnight put together piece on, and calls for regulation of, 鈥榓lternative accommodation鈥 for 16-17 yr olds 鈥 BBC Newsnight听-
澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 International Committee chair, David Jones, on the reasons behind Northampton鈥檚 broken children services and its predicted future 鈥 BBC Radio Northampton 鈥 listen
Parking tax will deprive children of safe space, say social workers 鈥 The Times (online), Daily Mail Scotland (print);听SASW defends social workers in the 鈥榩arking wars鈥 at Scotland鈥檚 local authorities 鈥 听and print 29/05/2019
Social workers plead for parking tax exemption for 'safe space' cars 鈥 The Scottish Herald;听SASW defends social workers in the 鈥榩arking wars鈥 at Scotland鈥檚 local authorities听鈥 print 27/05/2019
Abused young people in Lancashire 鈥榓re at increased risk鈥 鈥 Lancashire Post, Blackpool Gazette; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 influences several local papers to cover Government statistics on rising child referrals and section 47s 鈥 ,
Government must consult on social work pressures by end of year, MPs say 鈥 Community Care; Select committee urges Government to implement 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England 80:20 Campaign鈥檚 recommendations 鈥
APRIL
Union warns of deepening social work crisis in Scotland 鈥 Children & Young People Now;听SASW warns social work crisis could deepen further 鈥
Heads of children鈥檚 services pledge after red tape call 鈥 The Municipal Journal; Children's services directors have insisted they are 'committed' to protecting face-to-face following 80:20 Campaign 鈥 and print
Can you put a price on losing our youth? 鈥撎The Voice; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Wayne Reid writes about the rise in knife crime听against the backdrop of austerity policies 鈥 print 11/04/2019
SWU general secretary, John McGowan, promotes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU鈥檚 Working Conditions campaign on the radio 鈥撎BBC Radio Stoke;听
MARCH
For social workers on the front-line it has never been more difficult 鈥 Metro.co.uk; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England committee member Lewis Roberts tells of increasing pressure on social workers 鈥
Support for 脰calan hunger strikers 鈥 The Guardian; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Cymru鈥檚 Allison Hulmes signs letter in support of PKK leader 鈥
SWU general secretary, John McGowan, promotes 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU鈥檚 Working Conditions campaign on the radio 鈥撎BBC Radio Humberside;听
How and when should we use technology in social work? 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 80:20 Campaign is highlighted in a blog 鈥
Councils boost adult social worker employment 鈥 Community Care; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair Gerry Nosowska on real term decrease in pay of social workers 鈥
Social work crisis as one in six posts are unfilled 鈥 Sunday Mirror;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 & SWU Working Conditions research and campaign highlighted 鈥 print 03/03/2019
FEBRUARY
Under-pressure social workers facing increasing caseloads 鈥 Birmingham Mail; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Gavin Moorghen promotes the Working Conditions campaign 鈥
Fred & Rose West, The Real Story with Trevor McDonald 鈥 ITV; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member John Fitzgerald recounts his investigations in the aftermath 鈥
Cuts to children鈥檚 services are pushing young people into violence 鈥 Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Eddie O鈥橦ara on the perfect storm facing youngsters 鈥
Fund play materials for social workers 鈥 Children & Young People Now; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Maris Stratulis talks 80:20 Campaign and the use of听Kitbag听鈥
Funding challenges facing children鈥檚 services explored by Committee 鈥 Parliament UK; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chief executive Ruth Allen provides evidence 鈥
One in 10 adopted children goes to same-sex couples 鈥 Daily Express;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Brid Featherstone uses research from the Adoption Enquiry 鈥
Frontline drops compulsory master's from fast-track scheme 鈥 Community Care; Academics, campaigners and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 warn that fast-track routes into social work are potentially less academically rigorous 鈥
Social workers seek parking tax waiver 鈥 The Scottish Herald;听SASW鈥檚 Trisha Hall demands social workers are given same treatment as NHS staff over parking waiver 鈥 print 12/02/2019
NI social workers ''still living with death threats from Troubles'' 鈥 Belfast Telegraph;听The launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 Northern Ireland鈥檚 鈥楽ocial Work during the Troubles鈥 is covered 鈥 print and
Emotional correctness is priority in gender debate 鈥 Sunday Times (Scotland);听Maggie Mellon argues the government's support for transgender young people "has been framed as a children's rights issue but is a protection issue 鈥 print 03/02/2019
JANUARY
Care providers: Perfect storm of Brexit will risk most vulnerable 鈥 Sunday Post;听SASW call for an independent evaluation of the impact of Brexit on health and social care 鈥
Government failing to understand demand for children's services 鈥 The Independent; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England鈥檚 Maris Stratulis calls for better understanding and more funding for straining social services 鈥
Child protection services still failing kids after Baby P death 鈥 Mirror ;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 adds balance by highlighting rise in demand combined with cut to resources 鈥
The cost of living for the frontline 鈥 Children & Young People Now;听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 highlights Working Conditions campaign and survey results to show challenges facing social workers 鈥 print 01/01/2019
Cuts to social care damaging children in borough 鈥 Wigan Post ; 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 highlights how cuts to local authorities has damaged the service provided to vulnerable families 鈥
Social work funding and working conditions 鈥 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England professional officer, Becky Reynolds, appears on Victoria Derbyshire 鈥 听
2017-2018 media highlights
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chair, Gerry Nosowska, speaks to Radio Cornwall about social workers working conditions
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England professional officer, Becky Reynolds, highlights the impact of austerity on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show
- Coverage and commentary in the Guardian on 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询/SWU鈥檚 launch of the 2018 Working Conditions survey
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Dr Donna Peach on BBC Sunday Politics talks听austerity听and working conditions in children in care debate
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England professional officer, Gavin Moorghen, discusses the rise in child trafficking
- SWU鈥檚 John McGowan talks to BBC Radio Teeside arguing for social workers to be included in a new bill to further protect 鈥榚mergency workers鈥櫶
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 chief executive Ruth Allen in the Guardian听calling听for more recognition for social workers
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 member Joe Godden blogs in the听Guardian听in听response听to call for social workers to speak up more for the profession听
- Coverage and commentary in the听Guardian听on launch of 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Adoption Enquiry听听
- A BBC's Victoria Derbyshire听听piece on the life changing imapct of social work featuring听澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England ambassador Ian Thomas and 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England national director Maris Stratulis
- 澳门六合彩开奖结果查询 England professional officer, Wayne Reid, talks about fostering on Victoria Derbyshire