Social Workers: Training
Commons · Question 33686 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that social workers receive adequate training to (a) recognise and (b) investigate cases where children may be at risk of harm.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 5 Mar 2025
Provision of continuous professional development for employed social workers is a matter for their employer. The regulator for the social work profession, Social Work England, sets the professional standards which all social workers must meet. These inclu...