The Wigan MP told an NSPCC conference in London on Friday (19 April) that while she welcomes the government's reforms of child protection, more action was needed to support social workers.
She revealed that Labour is considering various ways of boosting children's social work although firm proposals and details about how they would be funded were not yet in place.
“I welcome the thrust of Eileen Munro’s reforms on social work but we should do more to support the profession,” Nandy said.
“The chief social worker post will do much to boost the profession, particularly given that so often when crises hit, it is the social worker that is attacked.
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