Recruitment crisis means borough has only half the number of child social workers it needs
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA recruitment crisis in child social work means Trafford has only half the number of staff in post that it needs to carry out vital work in its most vulnerable communities.
The authority currently has 59 vacancies, but a further 57 vacancies are unfilled, according to a report being presented to the council’s employment committee on Monday (March 4).
It means in the three months covering summer last year, the council had to spend more than £1.2million on using agency social workers.
The report from director of children’s social care Pamela Wharton speaks of a ‘revolving door’ issue. “Councils across the country are struggling to recruit and retain social workers with finding and keeping children’s practitioners the biggest challenge across the workforce,” Ms Wharton writes.
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