Social workers have reported that they are “not viewed as experts in some courts”, Conservative peer Lord Cruddas told an evidence session of the Children and Families Act 2014 Committee.
When asking witnesses “what could be done” to enhance the professional standing of social workers in the eyes of the judiciary, peers were told that some social workers “lack confidence” when appearing in the family court.
A lack of continuity of social workers in cases hit by court delays or where professionals have gone off sick “due to the pressures of the job” also leads to frustration from judges, witnesses added.
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