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 […]

Career development and pay proposals must be properly funded

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

Local government workers facing coronavirus risks and pressures

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 […]

UNISON encourages social workers to complete a short survey to feed back on the government’s positions, before 6 May

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 […]

The government must give councils the cash they need to recruit more child protection staff and keep all children safe

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 […]