Social Work Tutor
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 […]
6th January 2019
With final-year placements coming to an end this academic year and graduation in sight, Social Work Tutor looks at when students should start applying for their […]
18th February 2019
How much are you really getting paid an hour? If you’re working as hard as you can, yet can’t keep on top of your work within […]
19th February 2019
Social Work supervision has to be more than just a case update I have often written about how Social Workers can be severely damaged by secondary […]
20th February 2019
Shamima Begum: Evil ISIS bride or victim of child sexual exploitation? The news this week has been dominated by the story of Shamima Begum, the British […]
26th February 2019
Children’s services at breaking point as funding slashed by 30% since 2010 New figures from a group of the United Kingdom’s largest children’s charities have revealed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]