Count Down To Launch Of The Social Work Co-operative
7/05/2009
Given the increased public and government concern over the recruitment and retention of social workers, EPL is helping to bring forward the launch of the Social Work Co-operative
The Social Work Co-operative is mutually owned by health and social care professionals, including the agency social workers that work through it. This is because at the Social Work Co-operative, we believe that there should be no private share-holder profit from social work. Rather, profit is re-invested in improving the quality of the service, and the professional development of its members.
The Co-operative proposition is simple; to bring the rigour of private sector operations to the supply social worker market, but then to make an equal profit share of the surplus between:
Our Co-operative Social Workers and social care staff members - Agency staff members have a profit share and a minority stake in the co-operative. Unlike a private agency, The Social Work Co-operative offers all temporary workers an equal share in the profits of the business.
The Co-operative itself - because there are no external share-holders to ‘feed’, there is higher than usual levels of re-investment in support, guidance and supervision systems available to our agency staff members.