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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
3rd March 2019
How do you continue in social work, even when you have lost everything? Four years ago my life changed forever. I lost Alice. She died suddenly […]
3rd March 2019
I’m so tired after work that Alexa now has to read my daughter’s bedtime story It used to be my favourite time of day. Pick my […]
4th March 2019
Hot-desking Social Worker Finds Desk Unconfirmed reports suggest a hot-desking social worker discovered a vacant desk last week. Although it is thought the discovery was made […]
5th March 2019
What does Brexit mean for social workers? As it stands, the United Kingdom is going to leave the European Union on the 29th March 2019. Generally […]
7th March 2019
The one who goes off on mysterious ‘home visits’ at 3pm (but you all secretly think is getting their hair done or going shopping) This Social […]
9th March 2019
Social workers do not get paid to take children away As far back as I can remember, Social workers have faced accusations that we get paid […]
10th March 2019
Being a social worker with fertility problems is so hard I love my job. I moan about it, but I love it. I love the joy […]
11th March 2019
Senior Manager Admits That Performance Targets are a ‘Waste of Time’ A senior manager has caused ructions after claiming he is ‘not bothered’ by performance targets […]
12th March 2019
Six Reasons you Must Have a Sense of Humour in Social Work “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to […]
13th March 2019
I’m a Gay Social Worker and This is What I Think About Felix Ngole I’ve read the story of Felix Ngole with interest since it first […]
15th March 2019
I had no idea that being a social worker would do that to me There’s a line from one of my favourite songs, Tonight Tonight by […]
16th March 2019
Five Reasons Why Adult Social Work Gets Overlooked Catriona, a listener to the SWT podcast, raised a good question this week when she asked ‘How come […]
17th March 2019
I’m sick of being told I’m not good enough… What more can I give to my job? It’s 9pm and I’ve just got home from work. […]