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The government must give councils the cash they need to recruit more child protection staff and keep all children safe

Union’s local government conference hears call to boycott government’s controversial new scheme

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

“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.”

Have your say on changes to social work registration

UNISON has arranged three online workshops for members with YGAM (Young Gamblers & Gamers Education Trust) aimed at members working with young people, from primary aged children all the way up to university aged young adults. YGAM are a UK charity and the online training sessions they will be delivering are designed to equip you with the knowledge and resources to […]

Training for social workers (PDF downloads) Training for social workers - face to face or virtual Training […]

The DfE has announced the accreditation scheme for children’s social workers will be closed in March after very low take-up

The DfE has announced the accreditation scheme for children’s social workers will be closed in March after very low take-up After years of strong, coordinated campaigning by UNISON, the department for education (DfE) has announced that the national assessment and accreditation scheme (NAAS) for children’s social workers will be closed in March 2022. The DfE […]

Move comes on International Social Work Day and explores both the state of social work in the UK today and the union’s hopes for the future

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

Unacceptable levels of pressure on social work teams will end up costing lives.

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 […]

Staff will walk out for three days from today until Thursday (4 to 6 April) after voting overwhelmingly* for industrial […]

Staff will walk out for two days of action, today (Tuesday) and again on Thursday (1 June) after voting overwhelmingly for […]