A cross-Government social work task force led by the Office of the Chief Social Worker is needed to implement an ambitious programme of reform to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in social work.
There is a recruitment and retention crisis in social work in England. Vacancy and turnover rates are up, and most people do not stay in local authority social work for longer than 5 years. Government
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It’s time to rethink Western models of social work
World Social Work Day provides an opportunity for us to explore how social work is practised and experienced around the world. This year, the theme 'Ubuntu - I am because we are' encourages us to
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Dr Tracee Green discusses her research just published in the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research
Dr Tracee Green completed her PhD with me a few years ago. She reported the findings of her research in chapter 32 of the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research which has just been
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Major national survey of mental health social workers launches today
Social work has a long history in mental health services, but these services have developed without a clear understanding of the contribution that social work is intended to make. Services are organised in very different
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Our work with Jewish Family Services in Atlantic County, New Jersey
The USA has perhaps the most profound inequalities in the world. Here, the gap between extreme poverty and wealth is as big as anywhere on the planet. Atlantic City is a microcosm of this inequality
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Social prescribing in Ripon Museums
NHS England has announced that it is creating an 'army' of social prescribing link workers to work in primary care as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. Their role will be to connect people
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Social work in the UK needs to be freed from its organisational constraints in order to be more effective. Across child and family social work, adult social work and mental health social work, practitioners are
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Community Care have re-launched its campaign to Stand up for Social Work to raise the profile of social work in the run-up to the general election. There are many ways to get involved. If everyone
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