Tag Archives | social worker wellbeing

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Workforce

Can social workers switch off during the holidays?

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Almost half of social workers in Wales likely to quit profession over next five years, finds survey

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Workforce

Councils lost over 500,000 working days to mental ill-health and stress among social care staff last year

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Agency social workers more satisfied than permanent staff, finds survey

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Workforce

How I overcame imposter syndrome as a social worker and manager

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Staff-to-service-user ratios ‘not safe’ in UK social work, say two-thirds of practitioners

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

ADASS president: ‘If you see black women in leadership, you believe you can achieve that too’

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government drops pledge to invest in new social work training routes

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Does the DfE’s care review response address the pressures behind social workers leaving their jobs?

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Workforce

‘Why do we do social work, when it takes us away from our own children?’

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Workforce

Latest survey on impact of Covid on social workers and care staff opens

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Coronavirus, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers’ wellbeing at work lower than that of other professions in wake of Covid, finds research

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Social work leaders, Workforce

‘We are just working to live at the moment’ – social workers on the cost of living crisis

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Over 40% of social work staff have faced abuse from public this year, finds survey

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Workforce

Share your experience of working through Covid

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers’ quality of working life continues to decline post-lockdowns, study finds

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