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Category: Social Work

Scotland must deliver a care sector that cares

The Covid pandemic has highlighted the fundamental value of social care and the workers who provide it and Congress welcomed

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Good social work in a time of Covid – join our free Webinars UNISON Scotland’s Social Work Issues Group has

UNISON, the public services union, has challenged the Scottish Government to back it’s pledge to make Scotland the first country

Asylum seekers in Scotland do not get the support services they are entitle to because of inadequate support for social

UNISON launched its #ClaimCovidCash campaign for workers in social care who only received statutory sick pay when they had to

Despite funds being made available by Scottish Government, there are still many care workers not receiving full pay for sick

Following pressure from UNISON, the Scottish Government has agreed to make a one-off payment of £60,000 to a named survivor

UNISON campaigned hard to make sure that social care workers did not have to survive on statutory sick pay, should

The pandemic is not a leveller. It has dramatically exposed pre-existing levels of social and economic inequality. The challenges are

CORONAVIRUS ALL MEMBERS: Workplace health and safety is central to the union’s pandemic response and this will intensify as we