I have to confess that, from my old school rut I cannot understand what ‘ur toldnu wrong’ means. One thing I did learn many years ago was to write with clarity and to check my spelling!

As an old school social worker (whatever that is) I may not understand ‘the basic principles of the PCF principals’ but at least I can write a sentence that makes sense.

Not a chance Bee, but If someone can answer what is a Social Worker that would be great. Not a generalisation as in this case everyone who works in the care sector engages in Social Work. I suppose this is easier to answer in Children’s Services but good luck for Adults.

Completely agree. My personal experience with old school SW is they are stuck in a rut, out of touch and have such a pre set mind set as they have seen it all etc.

Complain and ur toldnu wrong, go to ombudsman and professional standards and they are clearly to busy to care as well.

Anyone heard anything else about the ‘respect’ campaign they launched with such fanfare last year?

Same old story with BASW I’m afraid. I’m not aware with any professional association or union that does so little for those whose money they take every month.

Probation service do for sure

Could still pay me 100k a year and it doesn’t cushion the blow of the immense pressure we are under ☺. The sheer amount of work and not enough hands. The expectation in 37hrs is not realistic hence most of us work 54hrs making our pay less that the minimum. Two years is avg lifespan of a childrens frontline worker… clues are there. Doesn’t matter how much we dress it up… we need staff retention.