A motion will be debated at the association's annual general meeting following the recent case of a convicted paedophile who passed himself off as an expert in the field of child protection.
The association is expected to call on the General Social Care Council and the Care Council Wales to enforce the requirement for Criminal Record Bureau checks before registration is granted.
Director Ian Johnston said delegates at the meeting were also expected to press for the continuation of the association's campaign against clause eight of the Asylum and Immigration Bill. The clause could put social workers under pressure to take the children of failed asylum seekers into care if their parents could not afford to support them after the withdrawal of benefits.
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