Provider Hertfordshire County Council
Name Social Work Academy
Summary Hertfordshire County Council’s Social Work Academy provides support and training to newly qualified social workers during their first year in the field. Now in its third year, the course is becoming increasingly popular among workers starting out in the children’s social care sector.
Following Lord Laming’s review into child protection in which he recommended that social workers must have "guaranteed support and supervision" during their first year, Hertfordshire County Council launched an academy for newly qualified social workers in 2009.
Rather than being placed within existing children’s social work teams and shouldering a full caseload, trainees work in small groups during a year-long programme of intensive support and training.
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