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Union is asking over 80,000 members for mandate to stage walkouts in response to COSLA's 3% local government pay offer ...
GMB joins Unite in opposition to employers' 3.2% local government pay offer for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ...
Former javelin world record holder Fatima Whitbread has challenged the government to overhaul the care system in England to improve outcomes for children and young people, following a two-day summit ...
A social worker with over 20 years’ experience reflects on a time when supervision meetings left her feeling stressed ...
Despite the government increasing social care grants, most social workers expect budget cuts in their services ...
LGA's social work health check, answered by almost 7,000 practitioners, finds no overall improvement in workplace wellbeing ...
An care-experienced advocate for children in care discusses the consequences of social workers failing to follow safeguarding ...
Practitioners also report seeing more families in poverty, with rising proportion of staff reporting mental health struggles, ...
Two senior social workers discuss how a training framework is helping them progress in their careers and build their ...
Advance statements and advance decisions are ways in which people can ensure that their wishes and preferences are followed ...
A sponsored feature from Parkinson's UK about the education it provides to health and social care professionals about ...