Guidance
Children’s social work workforce: guide
Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns for 2024 and 2025.
Applies to England
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This guide is for local authorities preparing a children’s social work workforce return.
It includes information on:
- submission deadlines
- data modules
Children’s social work workforce census: guide to submitting data explains how local authorities should collect and submit data.
Updates to this page
Published 26 August 2022
Last updated 25 June 2024 + show all updates
Last updated 25 June 2024 + show all updates
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Updated 'Children's social work workforce census, year ending 30 September 2024'. In section 3 we corrected an error and replaced 'FTE as at 30 September 2023' with 'FTE as at 30 September 2024'.
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Added 'Children’s social work workforce census, year ending 30 September 2025: guide'.
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Updated for 2024.
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Updated guide for 2023.
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First published.