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1714769

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of specialist (a) training and (b) accreditation on (i) alcohol and (ii) other drugs for social workers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The regulator for the social work profession, Social Work England, sets professional standards. These are standards all social workers must meet. The professional standards include that social workers must be able to address social care needs arising from substance misuse. Social workers complete initial education and training and then they are supported by an Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). For child and family social workers the ASYE is due to be replaced by an Early Career Framework. Post-qualification training of social workers is the responsibility of employers such as local authorities and the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 02/05/2024 16:56:02 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1675500

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that staff working within children's social care receive training to understand the potential altruistic motivation of potential (a) foster and (b) adoptive parents of faith.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Gary Streeter
uin	5147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the continuous professional development of their workforces, including social workers.</p><p> </p><p>Social workers are critical to the functioning of the wider children’s social care system. They must meet the professional standards set by Social Work England to practise as a social worker. In relation to the altruism of those seeking to foster and adopt, the standards recognise the importance of family and community networks, requiring social workers to work in partnership with these.</p><p> </p><p>To support child and family social workers to continuously improve their practice, the department funds professional development for around 4,000 social workers each year. The new Early Career Framework for child and family social workers will significantly extend the training and support they receive in the early stages of their career, helping to equip them with the knowledge skills they need to support children and families.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 5148 question first answered 12/12/2023 16:56:04 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

1675501

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure staff working within local government children's social care receive training to understand the potential altruistic motivation of potential (a) foster and (b) adoptive parents of faith.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Gary Streeter
uin	5148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the continuous professional development of their workforces, including social workers.</p><p> </p><p>Social workers are critical to the functioning of the wider children’s social care system. They must meet the professional standards set by Social Work England to practise as a social worker. In relation to the altruism of those seeking to foster and adopt, the standards recognise the importance of family and community networks, requiring social workers to work in partnership with these.</p><p> </p><p>To support child and family social workers to continuously improve their practice, the department funds professional development for around 4,000 social workers each year. The new Early Career Framework for child and family social workers will significantly extend the training and support they receive in the early stages of their career, helping to equip them with the knowledge skills they need to support children and families.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 5147 question first answered 12/12/2023 16:56:04 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

1506983

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with NHS England regarding sharing community health training resources with social care staff.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	51755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions. Access to e-learning for health is accessible for all health and care staff.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 29/09/2022 09:46:58 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1468415

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the £500 million of funding over the next three years to support the development of social care staff includes specific training on Parkinson's-related dementia; and what plans his Department has for the delivery of training under that funding.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	14523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>We will invest £500 million over the next three years to support and develop the workforce. We will produce a sector-wide Knowledge and Skills Framework and a linked learning and development offer to fund qualifications and training to improve skills and support the workforce to develop further expertise and progress within roles and the sector.</p><p>Later this year we will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for the next 10 years, including a focus on dementia training.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 13/06/2022 12:12:20 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell