Fifty years ago this month I started as a child care officer with a local authority.
Its outstanding chief officer earned no more than three times the salary of ordinary social workers.
David Crawford, head of Glasgow's social work department, is leaving his £120,000 a year post with a lump sum of £130,000 and a huge pension ("Massive payoff for council's social work boss", The Herald, August 17).
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