Student social workers in Scotland will have their petition for better support heard by MSPs on 22 March. Over 2,000 people signed the petition on the Scottish Parliament website after more than 300 students wrote to officials and ministers in the Scottish Government. The students are calling for the Scottish Government to make funding available …
A letter signed by over 300 students on social work courses and calling for fair treatment has been snubbed by ministers and officials, forcing the students to launch a formal petition to the Scottish Parliament. When social work undergraduates spend nine months on full-time placements in their third and fourth years there are no bursaries …
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Almost two-thirds 58% of social workers say their caseloads are unmanageable, according research for Social Workers Union, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and LBC Radio, carried out by Campaign Collective. With almost all social workers (97%) saying that the vulnerable would be better protected if case loads were lighter, the Union and BASW …
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A vital anti-poverty campaign has been given extra support thanks to the Social Workers Union Campaign Fund, which operates in partnership with Campaign Collective. The #FoodIsCare campaign, led by social worker Dominic Watters (@SingleDadSW), aims to uncover the extend of food poverty in the UK and call for more support for social workers and the vulnerable people …