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• ‘High stress, high demand, high burnout’: life as a social worker in England

  23-02-2023 18:02
  
  John says ‘we can’t do the work we trained for’ and tells of ‘constantly firefighting’ in under-resourced jobSocial workers in England quitting in record numbersJohn* has a motto: “You don’t choose to be a social worker, social work chooses you.” It reflects his experience giving up his first career to become a carer for a family member with mental health problems. After they died, he realised he wanted to help other vulnerable people.Yet despite t
  
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• Social workers in England quitting in record numbers

  23-02-2023 17:28
  
  Numbers fall for first time since 2017 despite increased need due to cost of living crisisSocial workers are quitting in record numbers as they struggle to cope with more challenging caseloads stemming from austerity, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis.The scale of the crisis in children’s social work is revealed in figures for 2022 published by the Department for Education, which show the number of professionals has fallen for the first time since data collection began in 2017 &nd
  
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