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Social work bill ‘does nothing to address the real problems’
UNISON joins professional associations and academic bodies to condemn plans to give ministers control over social work regulation in England
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Social workers need clear support to handle stress and workload
UNISON welcomes report from University of East Anglia on ’emotional intelligence and burnout’ in child and family social work
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Delegates vow to fight against social work privatisation
Delegates queue up to reveal the scale of the crisis affecting a vital service
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Scotland must recognise the poor state of social work, says UNISON
UNISON is calling for political parties to agree to allocate more resources for social work and social care workers. This call is being made on International Federation of Social Workers World Social Work Day (Tuesday 15 March 2016)
The reality for social work workforce in Scotland is they have bigger caseloads, shorter timescales, and greater demands leading to greater risks. Social workRead more…
The truth about the cuts: the social worker
UNISON members reveal how cuts in services affect both them and the people in their care
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A great new tool to help social worker members
Excessive workload for social workers is a long-running problem, which has worsened considerably as the cuts bite
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UNISON joins social work campaign
Campaigners unite to condemn impact of austerity and welfare cuts on the most vulnerable in our society
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Social care staff need UNISON – and some good news from Scotland
#uNDC15 Conference showed just why social work and social care workers need UNISON as it backed a range
Kate Ramsden:
Social Workers’ contempt conviction overturned
of measures demanding safe staffing levels. The union will call on all the UK governments to review staff numbers and introduce regulations to force employers to report staff levels and vacancies annually.
It also raisedRead more…
UNISON Glasgow homeless service workers to take all out strike action
Monday 30 March 2015Seventy workers in Glasgow Council’s Homeless Service will walk out on Tuesday 31 March in a dispute over their pay grade.
The workers are all members of the trade union UNISON and will take all out, indefinite strike action in a dispute over the application of the council’s job evaluation scheme to the role of Homelessness Caseworkers. Three out of every fourRead more…
UNISON welcomes decision in Edinburgh social work contempt of court case
UNISON Scotland today welcomed the decision by the Court of Session that the conduct of social workers in Edinburgh City Council did not amount to contempt and that the decision of the Sheriff is quashed.
John Stevenson of UNISON’s City of Edinburgh Branch said:
"The court has recognised complex and difficult decisions social workers have to take in their work in protecting the welfare ofRead more…
Scrap plans for new women’s prison, urges UNISON Scotland
Tuesday 13 January 2015
UNISON Scotland, the public services union with many members working in Criminal Justice services has urged the Scottish Government to scrap their plans to build a new Women’s prison.
The union has written to Justice Secretary Michael Matheson saying that a tendering exercise for the construction of a new jail near Greenock should be halted.
The plans go against expertRead more…