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- Feb 17, 2022

Social Worker Pressure

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in the social care sector as well as rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned.

Already “exhausted” practitioners are having to step in to carry out welfare checks on adults going without the care they need due to mounting staff shortages in residential and home care, said the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).

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