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6407-BARCLAYTask Force recommendations demand commitment from all
by Bronagh Miskelly“Building a safe, confident future” is more than the title of the finalreport from the Social Work Task Force, it is its theme. It shouldalso be a statement of intent for the...
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6407-BARCLAYStudent placement woe continues
By Daniel Lombard The quality of social work training in English universities has fallen under the spotlight again with the revelation that one in seven students failed to complete their course in...
View Article6407-BARCLAYSocial work degree must put drugs on syllabus
By Bronagh Miskelly There is a tendency to see substance misuse issues as the purview of specialist teams but, as the articles in our Drug Special show, the variety of problems thrown up as a result of...
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6407-BARCLAYAssessed year car crash is on its way
By Bronagh Miskelly In theory it is difficult to fault the Social Work Reform Board’s plan to introduce the assessed year in employment (AYIE) for social workers much earlier than originally planned....
View Article6407-BARCLAYWorkforce must be better planned
Workforce planning for social work is woefully inadequate. This is the only conclusion to be reached on reading a study on social worker retention levels in the British Journal of Social Work or...
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