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'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

Neil Puffett
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Government plans to introduce a national accreditation scheme for children's social workers by 2020 could see practitioners leave the profession and destabilise the workforce, warn social work education experts.

Delegates at a recent British Association of Social Workers event predicted that the new training system could potentially create a workforce crisis. Picture: Simon Hadley Photography
Delegates at a recent British Association of Social Workers event predicted that the new training system could potentially create a workforce crisis. Picture: Simon Hadley Photography

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