The college’s interim co-chair Maurice Bates said issues such as the Munro report into child protection and budget cuts across the public sector mean that social workers urgently need to be properly represented.
"These are challenging times for both social workers and people they work with," he said. "The College of Social Work’s aim is to protect and uphold standards throughout these difficult times and ensure the voice of the social work profession is heard."
Children’s minister Tim Loughton told delegates that reforming social work to improve the lives of vulnerable children is a top priority for government.
"That’s why we launched the Munro review of child protection and why we are working closely with the profession, across central government, and with national and local agencies and local authorities, to implement a programme of social work reforms that achieve real results," he said. "The college is absolutely key in making these reforms work.
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