New report shows drop in adult social services jobs
A new report from Skills for Care in partnership with the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) reveals a 7% decrease in the number of adult social services jobs
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Report : Early childhood education and care – Working conditions and training opportunities
The aim of this working paper is to provide information about the working conditions and in-service training opportunities of early childhood education and care (ECEC) workers and to describe how
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Huge shortfall in care workers predicted as report calls for more men to enter sector
More men must be recruited into the care sector to ensure there is an adequate workforce to meet the needs of future soaring numbers of older people requiring care. A
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Unison workforce report slams state of home care standards
A new Unison Scotland survey of workers who look after the elderly and vulnerable in their own homes, lays bare the challenges and problems they experience. The majority of home
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‘1,000 appeals’ expected over probation jobs
Up to 1,000 probation officers are expected to appeal against jobs assigned to them under a shake-up of the rehabilitation service in England and Wales. A total of 119 of
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Former enterprise minister to lead workplace review
An independent review of workplace policies involving trade unions, businesses, academics and government is to be led by a former enterprise minister. Jim Mather will chair the review which will
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Social services management ‘tendency to blame care workers for errors’
Birmingham social services management and other children protection agencies have been accused of having a ‘tendency to blame social workers’ when things go wrong in a review of the city’s
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Social care workers pay lagging behind in London
Two thirds of London boroughs are yet to be accredited as London Living Wage employers; of the third that are accredited there has been slow progress in applying fair wages
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Norfolk social worker shortage could be tackled through ‘academy’
The bid to improve Norfolk’s children’s services department could be boosted by the creation of an ‘academy’ to produce social workers at the University of East Anglia. The council says
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Choice Support staff vote to strike over changes to salary levels
Members of the union Unison at the social care charity Choice Support have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over changes to pay. Sixty-eight of 80 Unison
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