Unison has called on local authorities to improve pay and conditions for social workers to drive up recruitment and retention and reduce child abuse cases. Helga Pile, national officer for social workers at the union, said, 'The staffing gap is partly being plugged with a succession of agency workers, but this is not the way to deliver a safe and consistent service. We need permanent solutions for long-term problems in child protection. What Unison is told time and again is that councils are not giving social workers the support they need, or the tools to do the job well. That scenario is dangerous and soul destroying.'
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