BASW England raise further concerns over the conduct of the Review of Children’s Social Care
The British Association of Social Workers England has raised further deep concerns on how the Review of Children's Social Care will be conducted.
The concerns follow recently shared documents in the public domain of the contract award notice by the Department for Education published online. The concerns of BASW are:
- The contract sets out that any recommendations from the review which require additional or new government funding must be offset by savings elsewhere.
- There are provisions within the contract which are at odds with public statements previously made by the government and Josh MacAlister, who will lead the review.
- The contract does not require the review to consider the views of the social work profession, despite the wealth of experience available from practitioners who have frontline experience across the sector.
- Review timescales remain the same – very short – yet the scope is even wider than previously described. It will now include the family court, legal issues, and children's experiences of the youth justice system.
For the BASW press notice, which sets out BASW's concerns in more detail, click here.
26/3/21