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If you ever need reminding why you became a social worker read this… You may not see the impact of your interventions immediately, says Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, but I wouldn’t be here without people like you In focus 12 Dec 2023
Social worker faces prison defending jurors' right to follow conscience in court cases Trudi Warner takes on government in support of climate protestors News 12 Dec 2023
One in five local authorities is at risk of going bust in 2024 Council leaders say they have nothing left to cut amid acute financial crisis News 8 Dec 2023
New immigration rules will be a disaster for social work Foreign worker pay threshold rises to £38,700 prompting warning over new staffing crisis News 8 Dec 2023
The brave new world of digital safeguarding Dr Sarah Carlick on how technology can – and should – revolutionise child protection In focus 8 Dec 2023
Scottish social work students celebrate funding victory Victory ends 'lottery' of bursary system but fight continues to achieve parity with other professions News 8 Dec 2023
‘A complex and nonsensical pay system’ fuelling recruitment crisis in Scotland Scottish Association of Social Work demands national approach to pay and conditions News 8 Dec 2023
A diet of potatoes: the harsh realities of life on £1.40 a day Report highlights UK treatment of asylum seekers facing deep poverty fuelled by cost of living crisis News 8 Dec 2023
High vacancy rates, poor staff retention – it feels like a ‘crunch point’ in social work BASW chief executive Ruth Allen and SWU general secretary John McGowan discuss the state of social work News 7 Dec 2023
139,000 homeless children this Christmas is ‘shameful’ Shortage of social housing and sky high private rents plunge more families into housing insecurity News 7 Dec 2023