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 […]
Social workers and occupational therapists working for South Gloucestershire Council are to strike from today (Tuesday).
Career development and pay proposals must be properly funded
Nominations close at midnight on Friday 23 July
“Children and family social work has always been a challenging and busy field, however after 20 years I feel I can say that I have never seen things this bad.”
Members and the public are urged to back the call to ‘protect the rights of vulnerable children and care leavers’ from plans in new bill
UNISON sponsoring the student social worker category in the social worker of the year awards
Successful mass rally over Northumberland council car allowance scheme
Survey of young people shows that 93% do not think that the government is doing enough to help them to cope with the recession
UNISON is holding a Social Work Seminar on Saturday 23rd September 2023 in UNISON Centre London.
Union’s local government conference hears call to boycott government’s controversial new scheme
The government must give councils the cash they need to recruit more child protection staff and keep all children safe
Government plans to reform the delivery of children’s social care have been overwhelmingly rejected by practising social workers in a new report published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. UNISON says the proposals could prove dangerous for children and fail to tackle any of the fundamental problems social workers deal with on a daily basis. UNISON says […]
UNISON welcomes report from University of East Anglia on ’emotional intelligence and burnout’ in child and family social work
Delegates queue up to reveal the scale of the crisis affecting a vital service
