Pay and Pensions

Social Work Survey – Pay and Pensions…

Key Findings:

• 69% of social workers have had their pay frozen in the past year, and a further 16% have had their pay reduced. The figures illustrate the impact of spending cuts on local government staff that provide an essential public service.
• The results also show that more than three quarters (79%) of social workers are concerned about the impact of public sector spending cuts on their pension.

For more detail, click the link below:

Factsheet: Social Work Survey findings related to the Pay and Pensions.

Liquid Personnel’s view of the results:

“Social workers deserve to be well paid – it’s an incredibly demanding career, and for 16% of our respondents to have actually had their pay reduced is a disgrace. If this is not addressed, we will struggle to retain the current crop of skilled social workers, let alone attract new people to the profession.”

“The government have not fulfilled their promises to ring-fence essential frontline services, leaving councils to make very tough decisions about funding.”

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