Speaking at the National Children and Adult Services Conference in Manchester, Professor Corinne May-Chahal, the interim co-chair of the college, said work around media relationships is ongoing but needs to be completed.
"All of that work feeds into the concern we have that social work is not being adequately represented," she said. "Everybody has high expectations [of the college] but we are not quite at the point of being able to do it.
"There is quite a lot of confusion in the profession about who does what and who speaks up for them."
The concession came on the back of concerns raised by General Social Care Council (GSCC) chief executive Penny Thompson that the profession is not adequately represented.
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