Child and family social work
Knowledge and skills statements. Inter-agency safeguarding. Guidance on becoming a social worker.
Guidance and regulation
- Working together to safeguard children
- Adoption support fund (ASF)
- Social work post-qualifying standards: knowledge and skills statements
- Report a serious child safeguarding incident
- Independent reviewing officers' handbook
News and communications
- Revised direction issued to West Sussex County Council (December 2020)
- Revised direction issued to West Sussex County Council (March 2022)
- Buckinghamshire County Council direction revoked
- Direction issued to North and West Northamptonshire Unitary Authorities (April 2021)
- Revised direction issued to North and West Northamptonshire Unitary Authorities (February 2022)
Research and statistics
- Drivers of activity in children’s social care
- Children's social work workforce 2021
- Characteristics of children in need: 2020 to 2021
- Practice leader development programme (PLDP) evaluation
- Longitudinal study of child and family social workers
Policy papers and consultations
- Future inspection of Cafcass from 2021
- Social Work England: secondary legislative framework
- Social work: national assessment and accreditation system
- Social Work England: secondary legislation
- Social Work Reform Board: progress report
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Children's social work workforce: attrition, caseload and agency workforce
- Child safeguarding practice review panel: pool of reviewers
- Child safeguarding practice review panel: terms of reference and code of practice