Yes and they still are - between £42 to £45 per hour x 37 hour week is around £80k (after ENI is deducted)
I'm paid £40 per hour at present and my last two contracts were £43 and £42 per hour. I work bloody hard for it, but that isn't the point. The whole system is broken. I'm now working for an authority who pay a realistic salary for the job and in thinking of going permanent and getting the job security and benefits.
Thankyou for your answer and honesty.
I'm a few years out of social care work now, genuinely didn't know it was at those figures..
I'm flabbergasted.
I'm not disputing the importance and role that SWs serve to society btw.
I'm also not naive to ' parachuting agency staff in ' culture.
But fk me , that's crazzzzy money .