PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Workers (14 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities provide adequate pastoral support for social workers; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Answer
Local councils as employers are responsible for the provision of appropriate pastoral support. The Standards for Employers of Social Workers, published by the Local Government Association, provide an important means of ensuring that employers are providing the right support to social workers in the difficult work they do.
Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
22 November 2017
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