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SOCIAL workers are leaving their jobs “in droves” due to overwork, staff shortages, stress, threats of violence and low morale, Unison warns.
The union said that social work in hard-pressed communities — including care for vulnerable families — was at “breaking point.”
A Unison survey of 3,000 social workers across Britain found that 93 per cent of social services departments were under-staffed and 90 per cent of workers faced “unmanageable” workloads.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING