Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged social workers

Bargaining guidance explaining the disclosure and barring schemes, and the employer’s right to check and responsibilities, as well as a checklist for reps and branches

This is over its decision to award staff in children’s services an additional temporary £3,000 payment on top of their basic annual salary, but not those doing the same job in adult services […]

"Suggested reforms in this review could make all the difference and will be welcomed by many social work staff.  “Strengthening family support teams would provide […]

The research findings were presented at a university conference on children and families ain London yesterday and Mr Egan commented: “This study reflects what UNISON’s social […]

Report of a UNISON survey of social work practitioners

Alongside the frontline health and care staff, there are people around the UK keeping essential services going, who are being largely […]

The consultation document is here: Changes to Social WorkEngland's regulatory framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). UNISON was not engaged in developing these […]

Malcolm Jarvis of Salford moved a motion to Say no to National Assessment and Accreditation, telling delegates that the work done by social workers in children’s services is […]

The plans are contained in the Children and Social Work Bill currently being considered by Parliament. Clause 29 of the bill would allow the […]

UNISON says the proposals could prove dangerous for children and fail to tackle any of the fundamental problems social workers deal with on a daily basis. UNISON […]

“We need more classroom assistants, but the school can’t afford to pay them. “I went to this school myself. In those days it was fantastic, but now it’s changed […]

If your son loses his job and he’s the breadwinner, the mother and father are bound to worry about their grandchildren […]

The government argued that the move would have allowed “a local authority in England to test different ways of working, with a view to achieving better outcomes”. But UNISON […]

“But their jobs are becoming even harder as referrals soar, and budgets are squeezed. This understandably is causing huge stress and anxiety as staff worry that […]

The bill is currently going through Parliament and would apply to adult and children's social work in England. A joint statement by five groups […]