Social work news

• Local government pay deal agreed in Scotland after union members back improved offer

  11-07-2025 09:27
  
  A local government pay deal has been agreed in Scotland after union members gave employers’ latest offer their backing.
  Members of UNISON, GMG and Unite all endorsed the two-year pay settlement, following the recommendations of union leaders.
  Under the deal, pay will rise by 4% in 2025-26, backdated to April, and then by 3.5% in 2026-27. Employers’ body COSLA made the offer – an improvement on its initial proposal of 3% for 2025-26 alone – last month after all three union
  
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• ‘What I wish I had known when I became completely overwhelmed with work’

  11-07-2025 09:08
  
  by Sophie Baker
  This is the sixth instalment in Sophie Baker’s ‘What I wish I had known…’ series, where she reflects on her approach to practice when she started out – and what she would tell her younger self now.
  As I laid in bed, I felt my heart racing and my muscles tense.  It was 2am but the worry of looming work tasks had pulled me out of sleep.
  I would work late and start early, but still felt like I was behind. I hadn’t completed a repo
  
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