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Social workers' salaries fall short of teachers, police and NHS
The average social worker's pay for middle-ranking posts is just over £29,000, according to the preliminary findings of a survey by Unison.
Is Eileen Munro going to make experienced social workers re-train?
So Eileen Munro's review is going to look into cutting paperwork and bureaucracy, but Munro herself and others are saying that some social workers have only ever known a system with too much paperwork. They would therefore have to be retrained to
Interview London South Bank MSc 2012
Hello I have been invited for interview and wanted to know if anyone had experience of their selection process? Specifically the pre interview questions ' Which piece of literature has influence the way you think about Social Work most?', I
Social work and bank holidays
Is everyone looking forward to all the bank holidays we are getting this year? Will you get the time off or do you have to work?Is there a holiday atmosphere in the office today? And is it a good or difficult time for service users? Will they find it
Driving & Social Work
I've come along for a rant about the amount of LA's blatantly ignoring the DDA and insisting that their posts are 'driver esential'. Grrrrrr In the last couple of week of I have seen 3 LA's advertising these jobs, only one post in
Bank holiday weather!!
Another bank holiday, another forecast for bad weather It's great having the extra day but sunshine wouldbe the icing on the cake - we've got a bbq too on Sunday - soggy burgers anyone? What plans have people got for the long weekend?
SW BA Norwich City College September 2011
Is anyone out there starting the SW BA at City College this September?? It would be great to start chatting to other 'soon to be' students before we start!!
Advice on Finance for MA: Which bank for student/graduate account???
Hey guys I’m still in the process of arranging my student finance for the MA I am going to be starting in Sep, and was wondering if anyone could offer me any advice on which bank offers a good deal on student/graduate accounts with a decent
Providing a quality service tops survey of managers concerns
Then why can't we..... and this applies to children's services as well...hear them shouting...screaming....telling the public and politicians that their services are being de-valued....
Public services should think more like technology giant Apple [...], Sir Michael Bichard, told the National Children and Adult Services Conference in London
Surely he doesn't mean to lock them into expensive contracts, restrict services to what the company wants to provide and not allow personalisation? Shirley shum mistake? http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/19/10/2011/117629/make-clients-apple
