CYP Now - Cafcass wants greater say on social worker court practice

Social workers could gain court experience through placements or an academy set up by the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (Cafcass), its new chief executive has said.

Jacky Tiotto, who took over in September, said the service needed to develop a "serious workforce" strategy that put social work practice in courts more "transparently" on the development of the national agenda for social workers.

"For example, do they all pass through Cafcass to get that court experience, do we have some kind of academy," she said. "How do we remain an employer that is attractive and where people stay?

"We need to be a significant employer but what does that look like for us when there aren't enough social workers to go around?

"I want to have that conversation in close partnership with local authorities."

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