Raising the quality and consistency of social work practice remains a priority for the Department and for Government. We continue to provide local authorities with the tools and resources to enable them to share good practice.<\/p>
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Principal Social Workers are now in place in nearly every local authority and a number of National Health Service trusts, responsible for strong practice leadership in their organisations. They are supported by strong national and regional networks, with links to regional Association of Directors of Adult Social Services networks, helping to identify and share good social work practice. A statement on the role and the responsibility of local authorities to appoint a principal social worker in adult social care, has been included in revised statutory guidance accompanying the Care Act, which the Department published on 10 March.<\/p>
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In addition, the Department is working with Skills for Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence to assist local authorities in the implementation of the Care Act and the sharing of best practice across the whole of the adult social care sector, including social work.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-15T16:50:26.26Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Work"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides for local authorities to share best practice on adult social work.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "30675"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/458994", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/458994/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The universities attended by Frontline participants on the 2014 and 2015 cohorts are as follows:<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> University (first degree)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014 cohort <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015 cohort<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cardiff University<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham University<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Falmouth University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Goldsmiths, University of London<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kings College London<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kingston University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancaster University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leeds Metropolitan University<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liverpool Hope University<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liverpool John Moores University<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London School of Economics<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London School of Theology<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Loughborough University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Middlesex University<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newcastle University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria University<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oxford Brookes University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Queen Mary, University of London<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Roehampton University<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Royal Holloway, University of London<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> School of Oriental and African Studies<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sheffield Hallam University<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Swansea University<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University College London<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Bath<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Birmingham<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Bristol<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Cambridge<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Central Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of East Anglia<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Edinburgh<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Essex<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Exeter<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Glasgow<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Greenwich<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Hull<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Kent<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Leeds<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Leicester<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Liverpool<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Manchester<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Nottingham<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Oxford<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Sheffield<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Southampton<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of St Andrews<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Surrey<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Sussex<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Warwick<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Westminster<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of York<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Universita di Roma la Sapienza<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Queensland<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Victoria<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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