Some 4,995 full-time equivalent children’s social workers left posts within the sector in the year to 30 September 2021, statistics show.
The figure is 16 per cent higher than the number of leavers in 2020 and the highest number in five years, DfE says.
Leavers are social workers who left a social worker post at a local authority in the year ending 30 September, the report states.
This includes social workers who are staying at a local authority, but moving to a non-child and family role, for example moving to adult social care, and those continuing as children’s social workers but moving to a different local authority.
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