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UNISON Seminar on Social Work

Date
23 September 2023 10:30am–4:00pm
Location
UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY

UNISON is holding a Social Work Seminar on Saturday 23rd September 2023 in UNISON Centre London.

Event on the UNISON National site.

South Gloucestershire social workers back on strike

Social workers and occupational therapists working for South Gloucestershire Council are back on strike.

News on the UNISON South West site.

South Gloucestershire social workers strike over pay

Social workers and occupational therapists working for South Gloucestershire Council are to strike from today (Tuesday). 

News on the UNISON South West site.

South Gloucestershire social workers strike over pay

This is over its decision to award staff in children’s services an additional temporary £3,000 payment on top of their basic annual salary, but not those doing the same job in adult services […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

The State of Social Work 2022

Earlier this year, UNISON’s social worker members were invited to take part in a regional survey to find your priorities and to build up a picture of what life is really like for social workers on the front line. Thank you to all our members who took part. We also undertook research of regional employers […]

Page on the UNISON East Midlands site.

Major investment needed to tackle a social work system in crisis

Significant changes needed to give proper support instead of ‘firefighting’

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Government must show commitment to social worker reform, says UNISON

"Suggested reforms in this review could make all the difference and will be welcomed by many social work staff.  “Strengthening family support teams would provide […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Have your say on how Social Work England regulates social workers

The consultation document is here: Changes to Social WorkEngland's regulatory framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). UNISON was not engaged in developing these […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Nominate your social workers of the year

Nominations close at midnight on Friday 23 July

Article on the UNISON National site.

Ministers mustn’t forget important workers delivering essential services, says UNISON

Alongside the frontline health and care staff, there are people around the UK keeping essential services going, who are being largely […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON welcomes new social work regulator in England

The union has been working with Social Work England on its development, but stresses that UNISON itself provides specialist representation for social workers

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Social Worker of the Year Awards

Nominations close at midnight on Friday 19 July

Article on the UNISON National site.

Social workers in England – speak up now

Have your say on changes to social work registration

Article on the UNISON National site.

Social workers are overworked but the data is hiding it

The local authority with the lowest average caseload is Kingston upon Thames with 10.2, and the highest is Staffordshire, with 26.4. However, there are a couple of problems with this data […]

Article, P.S data on the UNISON National site.

‘I think we should have more social workers in politics’

Labour’s shadow minister for children and families talks about the problems facing social workers

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.