Barnet Council mental health social worker recruitment crisis : Community Care
Community Care Articles
Below are links to articles about the mental health social workers strike.
1. Mental health social workers consider striking over staffing levels.
20 June 2023
2. Strike ballot opens for mental health social workers.
8 August 2023.
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/08/08/strike-ballot-opens-for-mental-health-social-workers/
3. Mental health social workers vote to strike over ‘chronic staffing issues’
6 September 2023.
4. Social workers to take 26 days’ further strike action in pay and staffing dispute.
26 October 2023.
5. Inside a social work strike: the staff fighting for a ‘safe service’
31 October 2023.
6. Social workers re-balloted on striking after 27 days of action leaves pay dispute unresolved.
18 February 2024.
7. Social workers to take nine more weeks of strike action as talks fail to resolve dispute.
8 March 2024.
8. Firm pulls out of providing service for council that union claims would have broken social work strike.
17 April 2024
9. Social workers reject council offer to settle dispute after more than 40 days of strike action.
16 May 2024.
10. Social workers escalate dispute with nine-week walkout.
17 May 2024
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/05/17/social-workers-escalate-dispute-with-nine-week-walkout/
11. Council to buy in service to cover social workers during 9-week strike.
21 May 2024.
12. Union threatens court action over council plan to cover social work strike.
24 May 2024
13. Council outsources mental health service to cover social work strike
10 June 2024.
14. Mental health social workers pose greatest recruitment and retention challenge for adults’ services.
25 June 2024.
15. Mental health social workers return to work after nine-week strike
16 July 2024
To be continued……………..