WWSCS’s Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) programme and a programme that sees a social worker support and supervise designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) will be funded to run in areas across England until the end of the summer term.
The funding extension comes after the projects were scaled up in 2020, following a series of pilot programmes.
SWIS sees social workers placed in 21 schools in Wolverhampton, Croydon, Cumbria, Devon, Ealing, Gateshead, Haringey, Harrow, Hull, Lambeth, Merton, Newcastle, Salford, Somerset, Southwark, Staffordshire, Sutton, Swindon, Tameside, Tower Hamlets and the Wirral.
The supervision for DSL programme provides DSLs in schools with regular access to a social worker to discuss any issues or seek advice on situations relating to child safety within their school.
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