Speaking to CYP Now, Sir Martin Narey said he had “no doubt” that the Department for Education will implement the recommendations in his government-commissioned report Making the Education of Social Workers Consistently Effective.
His claim follows a meeting between Narey and Education Secretary Michael Gove on Tuesday where they discussed how to take the plans forward.
In his report, published in February, Narey criticised universities for taking on “poor-quality students” and offering a curriculum that fails to prepare graduates for the demands of the job.
He called for tough new measures to remedy the problem, including a recommendation that those applying via A-levels have to have at least 240 Ucas points, the equivalent of three C grades, if they are to be accepted onto a course.
He also recommended that Isabelle Trowler, the chief children’s social worker, produce a single skills list that should be used as the basis of all social work curricula.
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