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P-06-1226 Remove barriers to entry to Social Work and encourage parity of esteem between Social Care and Health
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Meeting: 25/04/2022 - Petitions Committee (Item 5)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 5
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- Correspondence from the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Social Services, 15 March 2022, item 5
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- Correspondence from the Petitioners, 05 April 2022, item 5
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- Correspondence from Social Care Wales, 17 February 2022, item 5
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- Correspondence from Student Finance Wales, 8 March 2022, item 5
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition and noted that the petition has succeeded in securing access to more funding for future cohorts of postgraduate social work students, which will improve the situation with further options being worked on and a social work workforce plan due to be published. The Committee agreed to congratulate the petitioner on their success and close the petition.
Meeting: 24/01/2022 - Petitions Committee (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
- Research Brief, item 2
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- Correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Social Services, 14 December 2021, item 2
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- Correspondence from the Petitioners, 17 January 2022, item 2
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Minutes:
The Committee welcomed the fact that Welsh Government is
working with the Student Loan Company and Social Care Wales to remove the
barriers to student finance and agreed to:
- write back to the Deputy
Minister to emphasise the need for this to be resolved quickly and seek
assurances that the next cohort of students will not face the same
hardship;
- ask how the Welsh
Government will ensure equivalent funding between health and social work
training and the timeframe to establish this, as part of the work to
ensure parity for health and social work students and workforce; and
- highlight these concerns
to Social Care Wales and Student Finance Wales.
The Chair noted that any changes will not impact on the
petitions themselves and they wish to effect change for the future.