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NIASW 2017 NI Assembly Election Manifesto Priorities

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Date published
23 January 2017
Location
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Related professional interest
Professional development, Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF)
Service delivery, management and ways of working
Related specialism
Adult services
Publishers
NIASW
Rights
NIASW
Keywords
manifesto
NIASW
priorities
workforce
bureaucracy
NI Assembly Election
Manifesto Priorities
workforce pressures
workforce strategy
reducing bureaucracy

NIASW are calling on political parties to commit to address the following two priority issues in the forthcoming Assembly Mandate.

Priority 1 - Alleviate social work workforce pressures via production and implementation of an adequately resourced workforce strategy.

Priority 2 - Reduce bureaucracy in social work.

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