Consultation outcome

Child and family social workers: agency rules statutory guidance

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 31 January 2024
• Last updated: 12 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Child and family social workers: agency rules - consultation response

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Detail of outcome

The government’s response to the consultation.

The statutory guidance Child and family social workers: agency rules has been published and is effective from 31 October 2024.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on the draft statutory guidance for local authorities on the use of agency child and family social workers.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
11am on 31 January 2024 to 11:45pm on 28 February 2024

Consultation description

The child and family social worker workforce government consultation response, published in October 2023, set out the national rules on local authority use of agency child and family social workers.

This new consultation invites views on the technical detail of the agency rules that will become statutory guidance for local authorities.

Published 31 January 2024
Last updated 12 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 12 September 2024

   Added 'Child and family social workers: agency rules - consultation response'.

2. 31 January 2024

   First published.