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Social workers to be fast-tracked to a nervous breakdown

best to get it over with quickly, says governmentGraduate trainee social workers will handle complex cases after five weeks and be well on the way to depression and a nervous breakdown within just two months, under a new fast-track training scheme unveiled today by the Government.

The ‘Frontline’ scheme aims to attract top graduates into the profession and sap their energy and morale without the need for years of bureaucracy, media hostility, reorganisations and expensive underresourcing strategies by local councils.

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Posted: May 17th, 2013
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Teaching of foreign languages to be replaced by ‘talking very slowly’ lessons

'Six conjugations for one verb? I think not.'Children will be able to take advanced modules in ‘Nodding Condescendingly’ and ‘Swearing in Exasperation’.

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Posted: May 12th, 2013
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