Social Work – Breach of an Agreement

UNISON has consistently raised the issue of Registration fees for social workers. Current practice was that social workers had their Registration fees reimbursed by the Council. This was agreed when Registration was first introduced. The fee is being increased and so we were seeking reassurances this practice will continue. With no communication to UNISON senior management announced to the workforce the Council will no longer be making this reimbursement. At a meeting this week social workers expressed they were not happy with this. Effectively with no consultation our terms and conditions have been changed. We are still wanting to negotiate on this and whilst we do this we invite all others who have to pay professional fees as part of their job in the Council to contact the union to campaign for the employer to reimburse all professional fees.