JUST A THOUGHT ON - 'SURVIVING SOCIAL WORK. PART 8.

And, in the case of the involved social worker and other social work staff, they, also, would have their 'social services agency support subsystem, and interagency subsystem, such as the 'core group.' Of course, irrespective of what the expectations are, or what senior managers and politicians might say. The occasions when a social worker or social services team or departments will have sufficient amount of the relevant resources to perform their work competently, is either rare or never or both. This is, after all, a service sector where the demand has already, and will always exceed the service's capacity and ability to meet it. Social services. Which is probably why I will, occasionally, if not often, find myself thinking that the social work/social services industry needs to be applying more innovation and technology to how they operate. As well as ensuring the safety of the children and families whose safeguarding and welfare they are charged wi...