极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: ADCS president suggests national pay rates for agency social workers to reduce staff churn

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Terry Deen

Terry Deen — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:51:30 +0000

You will struggle to recruit and retain social workers when your caseloads are sky high.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Fola

Fola — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 10:14:13 +0000

Please can we advise ADCS president to rethink her decisions as this may cause adverse effects on local authorities. I am sure she has forgotten so soon the problems faced by social workers day in day out and the so much sacrifices we all take to safeguard children whilst neglecting our own families. Please, the way forward is to provide adequate wages, good working conditions,flexibility and just maybe, some locums would change their minds and become permanent staffs.

As mentioned above, social workers that I know off do not work strictly 9-5 is just in writing, the reality is 8-9pm for most. Please note Ms President, this is not about lack of time management, its because we are all overworked!

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Frasierfanclub1

Frasierfanclub1 — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:20:53 +0000

Agency staff are incredibly vulnerable in the event of a malicious referral. Suddenly unemployed and unemployable for 18 months with no pay. A permanent member of staff would at least be suspended on full pay until exonerated. It’s taken me two years to rebuild my professional reputation and I’m hopefully joining my LA on a permanent basis next month and will feel marginally safer for the first time in years. Many LAs have an expectation that staff will work in a less than ethical manner and it is not worth the risk of losing our registration, which is why we get the hell out if we are asked to ignore our professional standards.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Terry Deen

Terry Deen — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:09:41 +0000

Instead of capped pay, how about capped caseloads?! It’s not safe to have 25 to 35 children’s cases on a caseload It’s not safe for children and families and it’s not safe for social workers. I have known many agency social workers leave because of unsafe working and not because they are gettibg paid a few quid more elsewhere.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Terry Deen

Terry Deen — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:21:18 +0000

In reply to Abdul. I Totally agree. High caseloads, poor working conditions no overtime paid, staff having to pay to park, no essential car user allowance and an absolute expectation that social workers provide many hours of free labour. Then on top of all this condescending senior managers that refuse to accept the issues that are obvious to every social worker.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Maxine B

Maxine B — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:01:16 +0000

There are permanent staff that do not do a social work role, and get more pay than a qualified SW for doing a quarter of the workload we have.
Permanent pay nationwide is paltry

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: J Pate

J Pate — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:18:23 +0000

What an uneducated – small minded article.

It’s about time these directors of children’s devices sorted their own selves out! How about banning agency directors? I can name 25 local authorities that currently have temporary or agency chief executives. Should be paid 70-100k currently charging 400k-1 million a year – and then they have the cheek to tell us agency workers that we are the problem? Hilarious if not so ludicrous.

Northamptonshire CC was a prime example of this – between 3 chief execs over a five year period rinsed the council of nearly 3 million in agency fees for their work! Disgusting.

Pay social workers correctly – treat them right – and you might find there are reducing number of agency roles.

After a social worker for 6 years I’m glad I’ve made the decision to leave this career – it’s horrendous and affects your own personal life and health way too much – for a perm oh of 30-35k…. Not thanks! ?

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 05:58:34 +0000

In reply to Juliet Valentine Windsor. Fully agree with you in my council its been agency staff holding the workforce together and perm have had the luxury of going off sick long term suring covid agency havent if they have its been with no pay. It is so insulting in 14 years as a locum ive had 4 contracts i tend to stick around in a council the longest 5 years and know lots of sws that do the same

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:28:33 +0000

In reply to Abdul. Well put, if councils had to pay overtime they would soon realise its cheaper to hire more staff. as a council employee we have had our essential car user pay stopped wage increases well below inflation, desks taken away. only wish we had a strong collective voice that would stand up for us.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:28:33 +0000

Strange silence from BASW about umbrella companies for agency workers. A conflict of interest issue perhaps?