Youth Workers Are Picking Up The Social Services Slack

As austerity continues to break the nation, and social workers struggle against increasing cuts and mounting caseloads, youth workers are the unsung champions of the nation, picking up the slack that government has created.New reports show that social workers are more overloaded than ever, with some responsible for up to 60 at risk children. Not the 18 that recent government figures would suggest. Understandably, this overload is leading to higher rates of burnout, more social workers being sign