Speaking to CYP Now in advance of the launch of Cafcass’s 2023-26 strategic plan, chief executive Jacky Tiotto said improving working conditions and reducing the social worker turnover rate are priorities for the coming three years.
Tiotto said that while Cafcass is a “great place to work” offering high quality training, good annual leave entitlements and low caseloads, it is losing experienced practitioners to councils “who can wave golden hellos at them”.
“We’ve got to do something very serious on retention,” Tiotto said. “Our average turnover of social workers last year was 15 per cent. In some places it is as high as 25 per cent. We’re very unhappy with that. We were trending at an average of nine per cent pre the Covid-19 pandemic, half the rate of local authorities.
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