The report, which was produced to inform the future distribution of the Social Work Improvement Fund, found that social workers in five councils were managing an average of between 30 and 40 cases.
In one council, the average caseload was more than 40 cases although social workers in 76 councils were found to be looking after a more manageable 10 to 20 cases and staff in five local authorities had fewer than 10 cases each.
The report also outlines how many unallocated cases are held by social work teams. While 124 local authorities had fewer than 10 unallocated cases, eight had between 10 and 20, five had 20 to 30, two had 30 to 40 and three had 40 to 50. Five local authorities had more than 50 unallocated cases.
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