Resignations outnumber retirements as social workers in N.L. endure staffing crisis

In August, the union raised concerns once again after CBC News reported — from documents acquired through an access-to-information request — there were 99 vacant social work positions in the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development alone. That department and Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, the provincial health authority, are N.L.’s two largest employers of social workers.