Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 37842

Social Workers

Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Sally Jameson

Labour (Co-op)Doncaster Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring social workers have more time for relationship-based work.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
It is the responsibility of employers to ensure that social workers in their organisation have time for relationship-based work. The Department recognises and values the importance of relationship-based work for social workers in adult social care, and fo...

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