Social work news

• Press release: Start for Life campaign: if they could tell you

  22-03-2024 16:51 via gov.uk
  
  A new government campaign will be launched to support parents as research highlights some are unaware their baby's mental health impacts their early development.
  
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• ‘His unwavering support had a profound impact on my son’s life’

  22-03-2024 15:17
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.In Community Care’s new series, My Brilliant Colleague, we’re asking you to celebrate the excellent practice and achievements of your fellow practitioners.
  In the series’ latest entry, Nora Devlin, a social worker and foster carer, talks about the extraordinary support she received from her colleague and friend, social worker Eric Rickerby.
  When Nora was looking for her son
  
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• Strike action by social workers put on hold but no agreement over pay dispute

  22-03-2024 12:28
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Social workers and social care staff have paused a planned three-month campaign of strike action but their pay dispute with their local authority remains unresolved.
  Practitioners in Wiltshire Council’s emergency duty services and integrated front door team took one weekend of action but have since put their campaign on hold.
  Their union, the GMB, said was because the council was not t
  
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