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Dissatisfaction with management and career prompts three in five social care...
A mass exodus of social care workers could be on the horizon, according to a national body which accredits employers. A third of health and social care employees are unhappy in their jobs, with three...
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London children’s services leaders collaborate to drive down agency pay
Agency children’s social workers in London may no longer be able to command premium rates as 29 out of 33 councils have signed up to an agreement to cap their pay, in an effort to control council...
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Councils still moving too slowly on home care travel time payments, says Unison
Councils are not doing enough to ensure home care staff get paid for time spent travelling between clients despite a three-fold rise in the number of authorities making this a requirement of...
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Why Hertfordshire is out to pay care workers above the living wage
By Iain MacBeath, director of health and community services, Hertfordshire Council Like local authorities up and down the country, Hertfordshire County Council is facing up to the twin challenges of...
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No tax crackdown on agency social workers yet, but change is afoot
Predictions that agency social workers could be targeted by an HMRC drive to root out ‘false self-employment’ have proven unfounded, but change is afoot in the wake of March’s Budget, experts have told...
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Council to step up clampdown on agency social worker pay
Buckinghamshire County Council’s cabinet has agreed to urge more authorities to join a regional scheme to limit agency pay following a report warning of a “perfect storm” of recruitment and retention...
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Ofsted: Council’s progress at risk from reliance on agency social workers
Northamptonshire children’s services no longer faces the threat of being taken over by the Department for Education after Ofsted upgraded its rating from inadequate to requires improvement. But...
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Council becomes sole shareholder for ‘staff-led’ social work company
Shropshire Council will become the sole shareholder for People2People, an independent community interest company that delivers community social work across the county. The move is designed to protect...
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Cutting pay but improving training for agency social workers
London Councils recently announced a pay cap on agency social workers working in children’s services in an attempt to get on top of spiralling costs and concerns about quality control. However, on a...
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‘No other choice’: why children’s social workers are striking over their...
This time next week, hundreds of social workers in Kirklees could be away from their desks and offices as they strike for 24 hours. The controversial and rare move is the culmination over a...
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