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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

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

Singing sensation Siobhán Patton on the day job that moves her to tears

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