VIEWPOINT 1: SOCIAL WORKERS
- Nushra Mansuri, joint manager for England, British Association of Social Workers
The fact that Comprehensive Performance Assessments were superseded by Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA) in April 2009 is unlikely to have made much difference to most frontline social workers. Inspections continue to be a bone of contention in children's services as they usually mean pressure being exerted from above to make sure that ticks get put in the right boxes. Ironically, inspections can mean social workers are asked to abandon activities in order to make sure that everything is in order. Many of our members remain sceptical about the true effectiveness of inspections and their experience of them continues to be frustrating given that the voices of frontline practitioners are often discounted.
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