DfE to collect data on children’s social worker salaries

The government will collect data on social workers’ salaries in its annual census of the local authority children’s services workforce in England.
Councils will be required to submit figures on each permanently employed practitioner’s base annual salary in next year’s census, for the 12 months ending 30 September 2025, according to guidance published this week by the Department for Education.
They will also have to provide information on whether they offer some or all of