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Social work hits Coronation Street
Have you seen this woman (the one on the left)? Well youwill do on Thursday if you watch Coronation Street.She is the social worker who is coming to assess whether Kylie and David (noone ever uses...
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Careers advice for aspiring children’s social workers
Back in November I wrote this piece on the Children’s Social Work Matters campaign, a joint recruitment initiative between the 15 local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber. According to the campaign...
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Careers advice for aspiring children’s social workers
Back in November I wrote this piece on the Children’s Social Work Matters campaign, a joint recruitment initiative between the 15 local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber. According to the campaign...
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My colleague Simeon stumbled upon this and other videos by Neath Port Talbot’s social workers on YouTube. Worth a watch if you’ve got a couple of minutes; it gives a good sense of what it’s like...
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How to get the right job in children’s services
Chris Hogan, assistant director of children’s safeguarding and specialist services at Hounslow Council in London, offers 10 top tips for students and newly qualified social workers on finding and...
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How to get the right job in children’s services
Chris Hogan, assistant director of children’s safeguarding and specialist services at Hounslow Council in London, offers 10 top tips for students and newly qualified social workers on finding and...
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Forget reforms; what social work needs is more staff
A child protection team manager, two adoption specialists and a social worker employed in a youth offending team told MPs last night about their experiences of managing staff and/or being on the...
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Forget reforms; what social work needs is more staff
A child protection team manager, two adoption specialists and a social worker employed in a youth offending team told MPs last night about their experiences of managing staff and/or being on the...
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Social work diary: ‘Comfort eating is essential when the going gets tough’
A gift of a box of chocolates from management can only mean one thing: they want us to do more work, writes this anonymous social worker. Monday People often ask me if I like my job and it’s one of...
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