Guidance

Children’s social work workforce census: guide

Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 October 2017
• Last updated: 7 August 2020 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Children's social work workforce census, year ending 30 September 2020: guide

Ref: DfE-00133-2020

PDF, 645 KB, 34 pages

Details

This guide is for local authorities preparing a children’s social work workforce return.

It includes information on:

• submission deadlines
• validation checks
• year-on-year checks
• data modules

Go to children’s social work workforce census: guide to submitting data to see how local authorities should collect and submit data.

Published 17 October 2017
Last updated 7 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 7 August 2020

   Added 'Children's social work workforce census, year ending 30 September 2020: guide'. This replaces the 2019 guide.

2. 13 August 2019

   Added 'Children's social work workforce census, year ending 30 September 2019: guide'. This replaces the 2018 guide.

3. 11 May 2018

   Children's social work workforce census, year ending 30 September 2018: guide added. This replaces the 2017 guide.

4. 17 October 2017

   First published.