The Independent
Increasing demand and squeezed budgets mean that graduates are being employed at the deep end
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Social work vacancies have soared by 74 per cent in the past year as local authorities struggle to hold on to essential front-line staff. A chronic shortage of experienced social workers, growing workloads and a high dropout rate of newly qualified graduates are making it harder than ever to find enough staff to run children’s and adult services across the country, experts say.
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