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We need to understand what’s being lost and gaps in provision and assistance emerging as a result; • At the same time, voluntary sector staff may themselves be coping with poverty, job insecurity and personal stress.
For clarity, I was a local government employee—a social worker—for 12 years. I loved my job and I loved being a council employee, although I worked the 70 hours that were referred to—I remember that well.
When unions talk about sectoral bargaining, they are talking about bargaining for all local authority employees together, whereas the Government was talking about bargaining for all social care employees together.
Forgive me, but it is quite difficult to completely disentangle the reforms from the commission’s programme of very significant changes, which is already under way.
There are still opportunities to learn, and areas continue to innovate and take forward different transformation programmes that we will continue to link with.