The government hopes to draw from a pool of 30,000 "mid-career" social workers who have left the profession to fill the one in 10 empty posts and 5,500 posts staffed by agency workers. The figures are highlighted in a report by the Local Government Association (LGA) published today.
The LGA is launching its campaign Respect, Recruit, Retain off the back of the report. It aims to recruit 5,000 child social workers who have recently left the profession. The LGA said it would set out a series of measures over the next few weeks which would help attract social workers back to the profession.
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