Open consultation

Children’s social work post-qualifying standards and induction

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 20 March 2025

Applies to England

Summary

This consultation is for all those who receive and provide children’s social care services in England, and those who have an interest in it.

This consultation is being held on another website.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 28 May 2025

Consultation description

We are consulting on the post-qualifying standards and induction for child and family social workers and are seeking views on replacing the current post-qualifying standards at practitioner level with new ones which are clearer in the professional outcomes expected of new social workers and include descriptors of what they should understand and be able to do by the end of the second year in their role.

We are also seeking views on how we can support employers of social workers to provide a new two-year induction for their new social workers based on these post-qualifying standards.

Published 20 March 2025