To operate effectively, the College of Social Work will need a critical mass of members, so it can offer value-for-money continuing professional development, among other services.
But social workers who already pay fees to a union could be unwilling to pay full price to sign up to the college.
Helga Pile, national officer for social work at Unison, told CYP Now that a joint deal would make it more cost effective for social workers for children and families to be members of both organisations.
"The college is going to have to have some attractive offers," she said. "We obviously would like to support anything that’s going to strengthen the profession and there clearly is a lot of logic in looking at a partnership, but cost is the bottom line for social workers."
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