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<p>The measures in the Children and Social Work Bill are the result of substantial
research, engagement, and consultation with the children’s social care sector and
the children and young people it serves. This includes:</p><p> </p><p>- published
reports on social work education by Sir Martin Narey and David Croisdale-Appleby,
and on local safeguarding by Alan Wood. All of these draw on extensive interviews
and consultation with key organisations and practitioners;</p><p>- regular engagement
with social work managers and frontline social workers by the Chief Social Worker
for Children and Department for Education officials;</p><p>- policy briefing and development
sessions with a range of sector organisations including NSPCC, BASW, Barnardo’s, ADCS,
ADASS, Unison, LGA, individual social work employers, and the Alliance for Children
in Care; and</p><p>- a series of consultation events with children in care and care
leavers.</p><p> </p><p>Our key policy documents – Putting Children First; Keep on
Caring; and Adoption: A vision for change – provide additional supporting evidence
and set out our wider reform programme for children’s social care. These can be found
through the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Narey review of social work education:
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-the-education-of-social-workers-consistently-effective"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-the-education-of-social-workers-consistently-effective</a></p><p>Croisdale-Appleby
review of social work education</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-work-education-review"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-work-education-review</a></p><p>Wood
review of local safeguarding</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wood-review-of-local-safeguarding-children-boards"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wood-review-of-local-safeguarding-children-boards</a></p><p>Putting
Children First</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/putting-children-first-our-vision-for-childrens-social-care"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/putting-children-first-our-vision-for-childrens-social-care</a></p><p>Keep
on Caring <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf</a></p><p>Adoption:
A vision for Change</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-a-vision-for-change"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-a-vision-for-change</a></p>
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