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Council to buy in service to cover social workers during 9-week strike

Barnet Council says bringing in external provider to cover mental health practitioners is necessary to keep residents safe and fulfil duties

Social workers begin strike over 'unsafe' staffing levels

AMHPs to take two weeks' continuous strike action in grading dispute

Social workers are striking to have their roles upgraded but local authority says their current level is fair

AMHPs to stage walkout as social work strike action hits sixth council within a year

Urgent care team practitioners take strike action in protest at how their role is graded in latest social work industrial dispute

Social workers to take three months of strike action in pay dispute

Out-of-hours social workers will strike every weekend from mid-February to mid-May over reduction in payments for working unsocial hours

Social work strike action set to hit fifth English council within a year

Out-of-hours practitioners at South West authority Wiltshire Council vote for walkout over planned cuts to unsocial hours payments

City council latest to face social worker strike over pay inequalities between adults' and children's staff

A city council has become the latest to face social worker strikes over pay inequalities between adults' and children's staff.

Social workers to take six days of strike action

A social work strike will take place in Barnet, north London, in September and October 2023 over pay and staffing issues

Should unions settle their pay dispute with councils?

As unions debate whether to settle over this year's local government pay settlement or not, we asked social workers for their opinion.

Social workers to go on two-week strike over removal of unsocial hours payments

A two-week social work strike will take place in Swindon over the council's removal of unsocial hours payments for some staff