Four out of five social workers think their caseload isn’t manageable

Less than one in five children’s social workers think their current workload is manageable, a Community Care survey has revealed.

The survey of 815 case-holding children’s social workers revealed an average caseload far higher than the government’s experimental figure, how 81% of social workers thinking their current workload isn’t manageable and heard how some social workers don’t see a future for themselves in the profession if this doesn’t improve.

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