9th June 2020
Murder inquiry launched after social worker and sister found dead following birthday party in London park Police have launched a murder investigation after two sisters […]
4th June 2020
Social worker Karen Kersey-Smith has been jailed for stealing £90,000 from her vulnerable clients A social worker who stole over £90,000 from three of her […]
20th April 2020
Government to start testing social workers for coronavirus The Department of Health and Social Care has published new guidance which sets out part of their […]
7th April 2020
If you can’t show compassion for someone in hospital, maybe you shouldn’t be a social worker A disclaimer before I begin: I’m a social worker […]
1st April 2020
First social worker in UK dies after being infected with Coronavirus A social worker from London has died after being infected with coronavirus. They are the […]
12th March 2020
Five steps social workers should take to prevent the spread of Coronavirus Covid 19 The news has been gradually getting worse over the past month and […]
29th November 2019
The (alternative) Social Worker of the Year Awards 2019 The Social Worker of The Year Awards 2019 are being held in England tonight and showcase […]
15th November 2019
The only people to blame for the murders of Blake and Tristan are their ‘parents’, not social workers Over the past week you’ll very likely have […]
14th November 2019
Social workers were involved with Barrass family at the time Blake and Tristan were murdered Children’s services in Sheffield were involved with the Barrass family at […]
13th November 2019
Emotionally broken child of incestuous parents fears they will murder ‘because that’s what mum did’ A child who survived their incestuous mother and father’s efforts […]
12th November 2019
Incestuous parents murdered their teenage sons after fearing they would be taken into care A couple in an incestuous relationship murdered their two teenage sons, […]
12th November 2019
Woman is told by court that she is now allowed to have sex A woman has been given the chance to engage in sexual relationships […]
11th November 2019
‘Evil psychopath’ Sarah Barrass, who murdered her sons, “could have been stopped” by social workers A mother from Sheffield who murdered her two teenage sons was […]
4th September 2019
Social work manager suspended after telling female colleague ‘I like a nice set of baps’ while looking through her shopping basket A senior social work […]
21st August 2019
Why is a male police officer’s life more valued than a female social worker’s? Over the course of the past week there have been two […]
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. […]
