Non-social work staff lack confidence in managing risk in child in need cases, finds evaluation

Non-social work staff lack confidence in managing risk in child in need cases, finds evaluation

Non-social work staff lack confidence in assessing and managing risk in relation to children in need, according to an evaluation of government social care reforms that involve increasing their statutory case-holding responsibilities. Social workers were also apprehensive about alternatively qualified practitioners, such as family support staff, holding cases under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 because it was a greater level of responsibili…