UNISON represents over 3,000 Social Work staff in the City of Edinburgh Council and a range of voluntary and independent organisations. Staff include Social Workers, Residential and Day Care Staff, Early Years staff, Home Care staff, Community Service, admin and clerical and a range of other staff delivering social work services.
UNISON Scotland has extensive resource pages for Social Work including UNISON submissions, links to other organisations, sites offering professional databases, updated research, Scottish Government issues and registration. Click here to visit. NOTE: Important information for workers registered with regulatory bodies
Selected Archive News (see more on the archive website)
Your Voice Matters – Participate in UNISON’s Survey for Home Care and Care Home Workers
UNISON is committed to improving the working conditions and support for homecare and care home workers with the City of ... Read More
Join UNISON in the fight to protect our social care services!
The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) dismissed the concerns raised by UNISON and other deputations at their meeting held Monday ... Read More
Please promote UNISON’s online social work survey
The online social work survey is aimed at all staff employed in social work services i.e., the whole social work ... Read More
Care Homes campaign video
UNISON will continue its campaign to save public sector-run care homes and prevent them going into private hands. Please share ... Read More
Carers to be balloted on strike action in bid to save closure of Edinburgh care home
UNISON is consulting its members at Drumbrae care home over possible strike action in an attempt to save the Edinburgh-based ... Read More
Save Our Care Homes – What you can do
As well as the actions below use these placard images below to show your support with the campaign by taking ... Read More
Scottish health secretary, Humza Yousaf, urged to save Edinburgh’s care homes, says UNISON
UNISON’s City of Edinburgh branch are calling on Humza Yousaf, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care, to ‘urgently ... Read More
Care workers launch campaign to save Edinburgh City Council care homes
UNISON, the trade union for social care, has launched a campaign with care staff to save care council run care ... Read More
Save Our Care Homes – Sign the petition
Four Edinburgh care homes are facing closure with a fifth being switched from residential care to hospital-based complex clinical care ... Read More
Scotland’s Care Workers For Change #ClaimCovidCash
Care is in crisis, thanks to a system that has been underfunded and ignored by governments for years. Care workers ... Read More
Social Work members : Impact of cuts on service survey
SWIG (2) on Biteable. UNISON’s Social Work Issues Group is building a campaign amongst our Social Work members to challenge ... Read More
Registered with SSSC? – Don’t leave it too late to join UNISON
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Newsletter is reminding people "Don’t leave it too late to join a union" as ... Read More
