A chief social worker is to be appointed by the end of 2012, and slimmed-down statutory guidance will be introduced by December this year as a first step to reducing the amount of central regulation applied to local social work practices.
But the government said that with greater freedoms comes greater accountability and said all agencies in contact with children will be judged on how well they protect children.
Children’s minister Tim Loughton has written to all schools, directors of children’s services and early years providers setting out the proposals. He has also sent a joint letter with health minister Anne Milton to all local health services and one penned with equalities minister Lynne Featherstone to all police forces.
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