Local Authority Children's Services
Freedom of Information Request - Local Authority Children's Services I write with a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide me with the following details: Workforce Amongst Children's Social Workers, over the period 1st October 2024 - 30th September 2025 please provide: 1. Total FTE Children's Social Workers (not including Senior Social Workers or Team Leaders). 2. Total FTE Senior Social Workers, Team Leaders, Managers. 3. Total FTE Newly Qualified Social Workers in role for less than 2 years. 4. % Turnover rate 5. % Agency worker rate 6. % Vacancy rate 7. % Absence rate Caseloads 8. % of children's social workers who currently have a case load. 9. Number of cases held by children's social workers on the 31st March 2026. 10. Number of cases held by children's social workers on 31st March for the preceding five years: 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21. 11. The average number of cases held by individual social workers on the 31st March 2026. 12. The average number of cases held by individual social workers on 31st March for the preceding five years: 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21. Reviews 13. The Number of Child Single Unified Safeguarding Reviews that have been completed in 2025/26, 2024/25. 14. The Number of Child Practice Reviews completed in the years 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21.