Description
This presentation focuses on staffing supply and service demands in older people social work services in Northern Ireland. A survey collected team level data from 80 social work teams across the five HSC Trusts, and focus groups and interviews with front line social workers provided voice to support the analysis. The findings reveals social workers and managers frequently face overwhelming worker-to-caseload ratios, routine use of waiting lists, and team vacancies. Three key concepts ‘Capacity, Communication and Connection’, a nascent definition of safe staffing in social work and 10 underpinning principles were established based on the voice of the workforce, and these will be adopted into policy and upcoming legislation between 2025-2027.| Period | 25 Mar 2025 |
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| Held at | NIHR HSCRU Kings College London, United Kingdom |
Keywords
- safe staffing
- social work
- older people
- policy and legislation
Documents & Links
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Research output
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Older People’s Social Work Safe Staffing Supply and Workforce Demands Analysis: A Case Study from Northern Ireland
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perceptions of Safe Staffing, Self-Reported Mental Well-being and Intentions to Leave the Profession among UK Social Workers: A Mixed Methods Study: a mixed methods study
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Safe Staffing in Social Work in Older People and Children's Services in Northern Ireland: BASW NI Community of Practice Presentation 18th September 2024: BASW Community of Practice September 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation