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Dump blame culture in social work
 Scotland
won support for an extensive motion on the 21st Century Social Work
Review. Bob Revie reminded Conference that social work services
relied on more than just qualified social workers. The low pay in
care occupations had to be addressed.
Kate Ramsden from Aberdeenshire tuned to the frustrations
on the job that had to be tackled, "Some of our members tell us
that their workloads are now 90% paperwork and just 10% client contact.
They feel unable to provide the service they should do.
 "UNISON
needs to challenge the blame culture that damns us if we do and
damns us if we don't.
In a previous debate social workers also told of their
frustration and low morale as a result of the current wave of reorganisations,
the underfunding of the registration process and Commission for
Social Care Inspectorate's star' rating system for social care
in England and Wales.
Helen Davis, Barnet branch, said: "Instead of talking
about our practice which helps service-users; we are talking about
the practice which helps us to achieve the Performance Indicators
that help us get these bloody stars!
National officer Owen Davies paid tribute to members
in social care working in hard and stressful conditions to provide
care for vulnerable people but feeling that they were blamed whenever
something went wrong. Underfunding had left them even more vulnerable,
he said. "You can't have high quality services at bargain basement
prices.
Delegates agreed motions calling for local authorities
to pay for social workers' registration fees; full funding of new
initiatives in all four UK countries and that staff should not be
punished for problems caused by the shifting agenda around social
care provision.
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