Urgently resolve recruitment issues in child and family social work teams
For child and family social work teams, challenges around recruitment, retention and resourcing must be urgently resolved.
Duty bearers: Scottish Government | Local Authorities | Third sector | Community Service Planning Partnerships
Part of: Recommendations
For child and family social work teams, challenges relating to:
- recruitment,
- retention, and
- resourcing
must be urgently resolved.
This requires both:
- sustained investment, and
- development of practice.
It also requires implementing the specific conclusion of the Independent Care Review around supporting the workforce, so that they alone do not feel the burden and responsibility of statutory involvement in children and families’ lives.