Group vows to highlight failures in social care system

A lobby group for frontline social care workers has vowed to highlight systemic failures in the State’s social care machinery and how austerity is affecting the most vulnerable in society.

Dozens of social care professionals will attend the first meeting of the newest branch of the Social Work Action Network (SWAN) in Cork tonight to set out their strategy.

The group will represent social workers, social care workers, family support workers and other social professionals who are joining forces to highlight issues of concern within each profession.