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Chief Social Worker for Children & Families in England Evaluation

The below information is intended to inform social workers and others with an interest in this area about the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families in England, Isabelle Trowler, and her track record since she was appointed by Michael Gove in 2013. It is also hoped that the information can help to inform people in making decisions around her ongoing suitability for the role, and the value and purpose of the Chief Social Worker role generally. Worsening social worker conditions The circumstances for social workers have declined based on alm ost every available metric since Trowler took her post in 2013: Children and family social worker vacancies have increased from 3,610 (14%) to 6,522 (16.7%) – currently the highest they have been for 5 years ( link ). The number of posts held by agency social workers has increased from 12% to 15.5% ( link ). Social workers regularly rank their working conditions as some of the worst in the country ( link , link , link ). Turnover rates have ...
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Frontline Evaluation

The information below was put together by a team of social work academics and outlines 15 major issues with the Frontline organisation that suggest that it should no longer be publicly funded. Each point also includes links to sources that can be read for more information (all open access). The hope is that this will stand as a communal and public text to be used by anyone and altered and developed based on context, need and purpose. Therefore, please feel free to use this information in full or in part, edit or alter as required to support any and all campaigns to reverse the damage that Frontline and the fast-track model have done to the profession and those we support, and to halt its continuing expansion. (Updated May 2023) 1. Incompatibility with Social Work Values: Given the vastly preferential funding arrangements for Frontline participants, it is understandable, particularly in an age of high tuition fees, that some potential social workers are drawn to apply to Frontline. ...
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