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8th April 2019Read More »
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From April 1st, WSCC has withdrawn its outplacement service from staff needing support when the council makes them redundant. The cut was announced in public …

1st April 2019Read More »
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This year’s Social Work Action Network (SWAN) conference takes place at Liverpool Hope University on Saturday 6th April 2019. The conference is packed with high …

1st April 2019Read More »
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General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) raised many issues across our employers, but especially in West Sussex maintained schools. Branch negotiations officer Brian Walter takes up the story. “Prior …

1st April 2019Read More »
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Tim Halpin, UNISON steward at the Grace Eyre Foundation (GEF: supporting adults with learning difficulties) supported a member through the grievance process which resulted in  more rigorous use of existing procedures so observations from staff have more influence. Staff complaints about pushing and shoving by service users with complex needs are easily dismissed as part of the job, but …

1st April 2019Read More »
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A big thank you to all our members that attended the branch AGMs last week, including our quiz and curry night on Friday. The aggregate …

1st April 2019Read More »
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If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, UNISON can help. With potentially only a …

25th March 2019Read More »
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Private companies will be banned by a Labour government from running services that deal with vulnerable people and their rights, under a far-reaching plan to …

25th March 2019Read More »
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Later this year Social Work England (SWE) takes over from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as the regulator for social workers in England. …

25th March 2019Read More »
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The pay award for 2019-20 was complex and required changes to be made to the WSCC pay scale. UNISON has negotiated these with WSCC and …

25th March 2019Read More »
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