He said that although Josh MacAlister’s review, which includes a recommendation to improve training and support for social workers, is “not exactly rocket science” it is a useful start to tackling challenges facing the profession.
“We are facing a crisis which is part funding, part morale and respect for the profession and we need to use the MacAlister report for change,” said Loughton during a speech at an event staged by social work consultancy WillisPalmer.
He is also concerned that in recent years the national media has acted “as though it was the social worker who had killed the child” when reporting on child protection cases.
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