Axing leadership training scheme risks undermining support for social workers, warn PSWs
01-05-2024 11:51 via communitycare.co.uk

Axing leadership training scheme risks undermining support for social workers, warn PSWs

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The government’s axing of a social work leadership training scheme risks undermining support for practitioners as well as the retention of managers, principal social workers have warned.
The chairs of the Principal Children and Families Social Worker (PCFSW) Network said the loss of the Pathways programme – used by all but 10 local authorities – had left a gap in management
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