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Recruitment experts warn councils over social workers’ pay

Community Care Local authorities need to develop more flexible pay and reward packages for social workers in order to compete for staff in the current job market, recruitment experts have...

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Council job cuts near 150,000 for the year

Community Care Councils across England have shed 145,000 jobs over the past year and the number is set to rise, according to a report published today by the Audit Commission and Local Government...

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Debt-ridden social workers turning to payday loans

Community Care Growing numbers of social workers are falling into financial difficulty, with some resorting to high-interest payday loans, according to a support charity.The Social Workers Benevolent...

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Should you join The College of Social Work?

Community Care Last week’s launch of The College of Social Work has posed each of England’s approximately 85,000 social workers with a simple question: to join or not to join? Check out our comparison...

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How security guards help keep social workers safe on home visits

Community Care One of the most memorable moments in the second episode of BBC Two’s Protecting Our Children programme came less than two minutes in. As Annie Semphill, the Bristol social worker,...

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Council social workers’ real pay down 13% in three years

Community Care Council social care workers have seen their headline pay rates fall by 13% in real terms over the past three years due to a combination of wage freezes and rising inflation.Council staff...

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Council social workers face third year without pay rise

Community Care Council social workers face a third consecutive annual pay freeze after employers yesterday announced staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland would receive no increase for...

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1750 disabled people face redundancy from Remploy

Community Care Over 1750 disabled people are facing redundancy from Remploy after the government announced plans to slash its subsidy for the company.Thirty six of the 54 factories run by Remploy are...

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Social workers want compulsory registration of students

Community Care Social workers have given strong backing to the compulsory registration of students with the regulator, a survey has found.Seventy three per cent said the Health Professions Council...

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Social workers to be balloted on strike action over job cuts

Community Care Social workers in Wolverhampton will be balloted on strike action in response to the council’s announcement of 1,000 job cuts by April 2015.The local Unison branch decided to hold the...

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