There has been a 63 per cent increase this year in the number of social workers applying for financial help from the Social Work Benevolent Trust, the BASW Annual Members Meeting heard.
The pandemic has resulted in ‘new social work skills’ including being able to function in an online world, BASW’s annual student and NQSW conference heard.
Anti-poverty campaigners have criticised the new chancellor’s emergency announcements this week, accusing the government of making ‘the poorest kids and families in our society’ pay for their mistakes.