The proposal, from Senedd's children, young people and education committee, recommends the introduction of legislation requiring councils to calculate the maximum number of caseloads a children’s care social worker can safely manage.
The committee highlights that the number of children in care in Wales was up by almost 23 per cent since 2013 while at the same time there were shortages of qualified social workers.
Local authorities must “do everything they can to keep to those caseload limits”, the report states.
It suggests rules could be based on Welsh laws for safe nursing levels.
“This would help to address the trauma caused to young people when care workers are overstretched.
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