YES
Tim Chittleburgh, chair, British Association of Social Workers
Increasing the number of social workers involved in inspecting services will help practitioners learn lessons from the past to make safeguarding better in the future. Seconding social workers to work as inspectors is the best way to do this.
Every day, social workers work in partnership with other professionals to protect thousands of children from harm and enable them to grow up safely. Who is better placed to inspect how this is being done and advise on how it might be improved than those with experience of doing it? Lord Laming recognised this, which is why he recommended Ofsted inspectors responsible for inspecting child protection should have direct experience of this work.
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