A survey by The College of Social Work (TCSW) found that 70 per cent of the 126 children’s social care departments that responded have already designated a principal social worker, with the vast majority of the remainder planning to do so soon.
Of the 30 per cent of children’s departments yet to designate a principal social worker, 75 per cent plan to appoint one in the next three months.
The role, designed to ensure that a senior manager in each local authority is directly involved in frontline services, was recommended in Eileen Munro’s review of child protection in May 2011.
The TCSW survey found that 60 per cent of children’s departments are adding the principal social worker’s duties to an existing role – typically a social work manager, director or head of service, rather than creating a new position.
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