Care Industry News
Why are some social work employers still failing to prioritise supervision
High caseloads and skilled team managers quickly climbing further up the career ladder are two of the challenges employers cite when it comes to providing effective supervision finds Judy Cooper
How one council put supervision at the heart of social work practice
Alex Turner meets the social workers investing time and energy into ensuring their work revolves around supervision
How to tackle the cultural barriers to good social work supervision
Effective supervision requires strong leadership and organisational policies as well as highly trained supervisory staff argues David Lawlor director of the Centre for Social Work Supervision and Consultancy
Council boosts starting salaries for newly qualified social workers
Gloucestershire council is tackling poor retention rates with targeted investment in social worker pay and development
Councils failing to offer quality social work placements should be held to account says think tank
Employers must address shortage of quality social work placements that is damaging graduates employment prospects says think tank co founded by education secretary Michael Gove
Crisis summit looks at how to improve the home care system for staff and service users
Care minister Norman Lamb has called for everyone from frontline staff and service users to managing directors to submit ideas on how to make the home care system work
Social worker who lied on his private counselling website is struck off
James Kilgour continued to claim he was a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy but his membership had been withdrawn after it emerged that he had formed an inappropriate relationship with a client
Lack of ethnic diversity among Step Up to Social Work students sets off alarm bells
A detailed investigation is needed into why none of the 132 black British African applicants to Step Up proceeded beyond the assessment centre stage according to an evaluation of the programme
Local authority social workers in Scotland could strike over 1 pay offer
Employers say a larger pay rise would lead to hundreds of job losses
Social worker cautioned after failing to properly assess child s aunt and uncle
The practitioner admitted losing sight of the necessary safeguarding standards and procedures the Health and Care Professions Council heard
How councils can work with providers to improve conditions for home care staff
Southwark council has agreed in principle to Unison s ethical home care charter and is working with local providers to find out how they could raise pay and conditions for this group of staff
Social Work Awards 2013 open for entries
The awards recognise the excellent work that takes place in the profession and celebrate the outstanding achievements of social workers across England
Climbi social worker takes herself off register vowing never to return to practice
The social work regulator has agreed to let Lisa Arthurworrey remove herself from the register more than 10 years after high profile death of Victoria Climbi
Investigation into 90 large care providers finds many are flouting pay laws
Letters released under the Freedom of Information Act show a number of government departments are taking action over non compliance with national minimum wage regulations in the care sector
Our job isn t to judge it s rehabilitation social work with violent offenders
Forensic social work can prove a test of social work values but can also be highly rewarding reports Andy McNicoll
Crossing the border moving between social work in Scotland and England
England and Scotland may have been united since 1707 but social workers who move between the two could find it as different as traversing the channel to work in France finds Craig Kenny
College seeks social workers opinions on which tasks only qualified staff should do
The College of Social Work has taken the first step towards setting out a list of activities only qualified social workers should be allowed to do
Chief social worker Together we can drive improvements in adult services
Lyn Romeo has been tasked with leading the reform of adult social work at government level Here she sets out her top priorities
Social worker who moved in with vulnerable service user struck off
The social worker initially concealed the relationship from her employer and left confidential case files related to other service users lying around the house the Health and Care Professions Council heard
Munro adviser who transformed children s services in Hackney named chief social worker
Former assistant director Isabelle Trowler who advised Professor Eileen Munro on the redesign of children and families social work in England has been chosen by the Department for Education to lead reform in the profession
Summer school for children s social workers given official government backing
Education secretary Michael Gove pictured has confirmed that the team behind Frontline has his full support to begin recruiting graduates from September
Government reveals identity of England s first chief social worker for adults
Camden s Lyn Romeo will work closely with the chief social worker for children whose name will be announced by the Department of Education on Friday
Quick guide to the social work bursary reforms for 2013 14
The government is changing how the bursary for postgraduate social work students works from September Here s our quick guide to what s happening
Eighteen social workers struck off or suspended in England since January
The Health and Care Professions Council has held more than 120 hearings concerning social workers since it took over the register last year Kirsty McGregor looks at the emerging trends
Third of agency social workers worry about meeting registration requirements
Locum social workers in England have welcomed the flexibility of the new approach to continuing professional development but many feel they are not receiving enough support
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