Longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers (wave 1)

Johnson, C; Coburn, S; Sanders-Earley, A; Felton, J; Winterbotham, M; McLaughlin, H; Pollock, S; Scholar, HF; McCaughan, S

Abstract

In 2018, the Department for Education (DfE) commissioned a consortium led by IFF
Research, working with social work academics at Manchester Metropolitan University
and the University of Salford, to conduct a major new longitudinal study tracking the
careers of local authority child and family social workers in England over five years. The
aim of this landmark new study is to collect robust evidence on recruitment, retention and
progression in child and family social work. In particular it aims to establish a much
stronger understanding of child and family social work recruitment issues, career
pathways, choices and decisions and how these differ across different individual, job and
employer characteristics.
This report covers the first year (Wave 1) of the survey and follow-up qualitative
research, which was conducted between November 2018 and March 2019.

Citation

Johnson, C., Coburn, S., Sanders-Earley, A., Felton, J., Winterbotham, M., McLaughlin, H., …McCaughan, S. (2019). Longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers (wave 1)

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 15, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781838700461
• Publisher URL: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/906780/Longitudinal_study_of_local_authority_child_and_family_social_workers_Wave_1.pdf
• Related Public URLs: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/longitudinal-study-of-local-authority-social-workers
• Additional Information: Access Information : Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (compatible with the terms of the CC-BY-4.0 licence). See https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ for more details.