Totally agree. The problem is a lack of Social Workers due to increased demand due to ongoing cuts in services and reliance on projects that are not sustained due to lack of funding. Reducing bureaucracy, releasing time are by-words for we need you to work harder with no more money…but we will waste a massive amount of money, time and resources making it look like we are doing things whilst allowing the stress levels to carry on. After 25 years as a qualified Senior Social Worker I am opting out. Rather work for Aldi or any Supermarket chain. They treat their staff better than any Social Service does now.
]]>Don’t be silly now, we all know real social work happens anywhere but in NHS Trusts, with Adults,
people with Mental Health conditions or those with Learning Disabilities. We should sit back, forget we’ve been ignored and learn from our betters what proper social workers do and how it’s done. The total pointlessness of Adult PSWs exemplified.
Well said Paul
]]>In a country where the abject poverty experienced by millions of people is a overt, political choice made by the few, that we need more social workers now more than ever before should not be a surprise to anyone.
The workload strategy that some feel is needed here, is in fact a workforce strategy, coupled with a commitment to help those in society who have being disenfranchised, besmirched and castigated as the problem.
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