The committee aims to explore "what social work looks like in 2019" - focusing on the capacity of social workers to intervene early, as well as how effectively they can access professional development and support.
The inquiry will also look at how initiatives and reforms to social work training have impacted on the workforce and how far workers are supported to uphold their statutory duties.
Committee chair Robert Halfon cited poor education outcomes for looked after children and repeated removals of children from the same mothers as key issues which social workers are facing, alongside knife crime and mental health problems.
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