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Plans to let councils opt out of legal duties to children dropped

UNISON welcomes government move after months of campaigning on Children and Social Work Bill (England)

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Posted in children children's services education services health and social care local government social work Social work reform social workers
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UNISON responds to TUC analysis saying insecure work up by a quarter since 2011

Responding to TUC analysis published today (Tuesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Homecare workers are under severe pressure to provide top-notch – and often intimate – care, while building vital personal relationships with the people they care for. “But with many on zero-hours contracts, it makes it a lot likelier they won’t be regularly caring for the […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Posted in adult social care care Insecure work social work
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Social Work Watch set to snap the state of the profession

Work in social care? Please fill in our survey describing their work day on 21 September

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Posted in local government social work social work watch social workers
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Social work bill ‘does nothing to address the real problems’

UNISON joins professional associations and academic bodies to condemn plans to give ministers control over social work regulation in England

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Posted in children children's services education services health and social care local government social work social workers