CYP Now - Social workers and families cannot 'meaningfully contribute’ to Care Review, responses warn

Almost half of social workers and the majority of families they work with feel unable to “meaningfully contribute” to the Care Review, new research by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) shows.

Some social workers said they felt high workloads meant they were unable to take part in the Care Review. Picture: Adobe Stock

Responding to the review’s first publication, The Case for Change, BASW shared the results of a poll of practitioners about their knowledge and view of the government-commissioned review.

Some 47.61 per cent of respondents said they felt unable to “meaningfully contribute” to the review while just 19 per cent said they could. The remaining 28.57 per cent said “maybe”.

One respondent accused the review of asking “leading questions” in surveys sent out by What Works for Children’s Social Care on behalf of the review and another said “exclusive invites” had been sent out to engagement events organised by the review team.

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