19th August 2019
Social worker stabbed to death ‘during home visit’ A woman who was stabbed to death in Birmingham this weekend has been identified by neighbours as a […]
5th August 2019
Question: What have a banker, a cobbler, an environmentally friendly undertaker, a market researcher and a software engineer got in common? Answer: They have all tried […]
25th July 2019
Social workers are more likely than anyone else to suffer from work-related stress Health workers, carers and social workers work longer hours and report more cases […]
24th July 2019
School threatens children with foster care over lunch debt A Pennsylvanian school district has sent letters to parents demanding that they pay their children’s outstanding school […]
3rd July 2019
Felix Ngole Wins Appeal for ‘Homosexuality Sin’ Comments As reported back in March, in September 2015 Felix Ngole was a social work student at Sheffield University. […]
13th May 2019
‘Social Worker’ Sacked for Selling Pornographic Videos of Herself to Supplement Income A woman reported in the press to be a social worker from Argentina […]
6th May 2019
Why overeating at work is not all your fault – and science proves it. It’s true – social work causes causes tight-fitting clothes, breathlessness, sweat […]
29th April 2019
5 Common Misconceptions about Risk Assessments As social workers we are supposed to be experts in managing risk. Apart from all the well-documented risks in children’s […]
23rd April 2019
6 reasons why social work has made us fat I wrote a blog yesterday about how social work has made me fat. I pined about how […]
22nd April 2019
Social worker took money from vulnerable woman to pay his mortgage Leo Kirk, a social worker who was contracted to Warrington Borough Council, helped a […]
22nd April 2019
Social work has made me fat So it’s been a while since I blogged as just me. As ‘Social Work Tutor’. Sure, I’ve written loads of […]
17th April 2019
Firefighter kills himself after fatally shooting social worker fiancée Authorities in Akron, Ohio, are investigating the murder-suicide of a local firefighter who allegedly killed his social […]
16th April 2019
Social work staff vote for strike action Social work staff in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, have voted in favour of taking strike action, claiming that […]
12th April 2019
“Social worker to the stars” falls to his death after welfare concerns Warning: Some people may find the content and details of this article distressing Tributes […]
10th April 2019
You pop your wine back on the table and smile. Under your breath you utter, “I’m a social worker’ and that my friends is when the “See Ya Later” grenade goes off.
9th April 2019
Social workers vote on strike action over lack of staff ‘crisis point’ Social workers in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, are voting on possible strike action over unsafe […]
8th April 2019
Bankrupt council pays new director of children’s services ‘obscene’ wage Sally Hodges, the new director of children’s services at Northamptonshire County Council is being paid £1,100 […]
7th April 2019
I think I care too much about people to be a social worker It breaks my heart to admit this, but I think I care too […]
6th April 2019
Social worker stole £28,000 from vulnerable families fund to feed her cocaine addiction A social worker from Teesside, Lisa Finn, has been found guilty of stealing […]
1st April 2019
Social Workers Drafted in to Resolve Brexit Crisis In an unprecedented move, Westminster City Council have today revealed that they have received a referral from Mrs […]
