Truth is very little absolutely care about you and the truly talentless yes people progress up the greasy pole.

I refused to work any extra hours at home and certainly never at week end. When threatened with PIP as a result raised a formal greavance in response which were upheld. A colleague who worked all hours and weekends were thanked by being put on capability. It is forgotten we all have the right to a private family life under Article 8.

Not allocating siblings—despite Section 17 guidance requiring individual assessments.

Requesting “mini” Child & Family Assessments under the guise of “Information & Advice,” without formal case allocation.

The ultimate responsibility for safeguarding all these unallocated children, of course, falls on your unpaid and unrecognized overtime. The only real limit on case allocation is the Working Time Regulations, which mandate an 11-hour rest period—the only enforceable restriction employers must legally adhere to.

Until this absurdly low threshold changes, your remaining work hours—13 hours on weekdays plus a full weekend day—will continue to be consumed by workload.
This reality resonates far more with rational minds than the fictional caseload of 16 children. In truth, the time required to manage 35–50 cases explains the relentless pressure far better than misleading statistics ever could.

Social workers regularly work more than their 37 hours. I have completed 37 in 3 days because of the statutory time scales required for Child Protection.

A strategy discussion I work under time limits of 5 days if you think it requires an initial child protection meeting. A child needs to be visited asap everything else has to stop.

How many professional go into a home with out knowing what they are going to find and generally on your own. Visits are generally after 4.30 as you have to see a child on their home environment.

Work loads are un sustainable and this is why a social worker career is short lived because of burn out!!!