A NEW social work team could be set up to meet increased demand for services at Wakefield Council. The council cabinet agreed to consider a bid to the authority’s budget for more staffing on Tuesday as they discussed a report that showed overstretched social workers are struggling to cope with increased workloads since the Baby P case.
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YOUNG people could be at risk of harm because of delays in assessments for children in troubled situations by social workers.
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The UK’s largest public sector union has warned that funding cuts would turn back the clock to the public sector recruitment and retention crisis of the 1990s.
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THE work of South Lanarkshire social work employees was honoured in a recent awards ceremony. Council headquarters in Hamilton was the venue for the 12th annual Social Work Awards hosted by TV presenter and columnist Kaye Adams.
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The number of foster carers in Aberdeenshire is to double over the next two years after the council’s social work arm reset targets to increase the number of people trained to work with the region’s most vulnerable children.
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Widening participation in social work education will be the central theme of a one-day event for all those connected with social work practice on Wednesday 30 September in Hamilton. Service users, carers, employers, policy makers and education providers are invited to take part to explore successful practice and strategies for future action.
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Highland Council social work chiefs have been accused of using elderly people moving into care homes as pawns in a drive to head off a projected £3.4million-plus overspend.
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EXPERTS brought in to oversee the troubled children’s services department of Swansea Council have criticised the slow pace of improvements.
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A LEADING care sector organisation has launched a major recruitment drive in Wrexham. According to Care Forum Wales, independent operators are now providing 80% of the social care in Wales – mainly funded by the public purse.
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Surrey County Council’s (SCC) under-fire children’s services has closed as many as 500 cases so it can focus on its most vulnerable children.
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