Ian Johnston, chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers, and Doug Nicholls, general secretary of the Community and Youth Workers' Union, both said the constant restructuring of local authorities was taking its toll on the children's and youth sector.
"We know local authorities spend too much time restructuring, which has consequences for frontline services," Johnston said. "We have restructured too often and not allowed things to settle properly."
Nicholls added: "Everyone in youth services is constantly being reorganised and the unitary authority reorganisation is just another layer."
The government announced last week that the council structure in Cheshire, which currently has six district and one county council, would be replaced by two unitary authorities.
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