Children’s social work post-qualifying standards and induction
Applies to England
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
The government’s response to the consultation provides a high-level summary of the responses received. It sets out proposals to enhance early career support to help the transition from initial education and support social workers to stay in practice.
The child and family social worker early career standards for use from 1 April 2027 is also available.
Original consultation
Consultation description
We are consulting on the post-qualifying standards and induction for child and family social workers.
We are seeking views on replacing the current post-qualifying standards at practitioner level with new ones that are clearer about the professional outcomes expected of new social workers, to include descriptors of what they should understand and be able to do by the end of their second year in the role.
We are also seeking views on how we can support employers of social workers to provide a new 2-year induction for their new social workers based on these post-qualifying standards.
Updates to this page
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Added the government’s response to the consultation.
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First published.