14% pay rise for Cafcass social workers sought by unions

Unions want a 14.4% pay rise for Cafcass staff this year to help family court social workers recover ground lost to inflation and local authority colleagues.
However, they face an uphill struggle in securing this, with ministers having set a ceiling on average pay rises for government departments of 4.5%, plus an additional 0.5% targeted at the lowest paid, a restriction covering Cafcass staff.
The scale of Napo and UNISON’s pay claim for 2023-24 was confirmed today after the Office for Na