Nine social workers to be hired as council ‘unable to meet standards’ in assessing social care needs
Bury Council is to invest £500,000 a year to recruit nine new social workers as it is ‘unable to meet standards’ in assessing social care needs. In the last six months, the town hall has seen the number of people needing assessment for adaptations rise from 159 to 339 and as a result the number of weeks people wait for assessment has risen from 15 to 29.


