The consultation seeks sector views on draft guidance for the engagement of agency social workers by councils following a series of recommendations made in the Care Review around curtailing their use.
The guidance bans local authorities from using agency social workers with less than three-years post-qualifying experience or those who have left the local authority or a neighbouring council during the previous three months.
It also increases the notice period of agency social workers to align with that of local authority social workers amid concerns from the sector that agency staff could leave a post with as little as one-weeks’ notice.
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