Children's social work workforce
Annual statistics on child and family social workers, including agency social workers, employed in local authorities in England.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Children's social work workforce statistics and data:
Children’s Services Statistics Team
Email: csww.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Andy Brook
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Official statistics
These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).
This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing
- Minister for the School System and Finance
- Special Advisor, General Education Policy
- Special Advisor, Parliamentary and Communications
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Families
- Director, Children's Social Care
- Deputy Director, Children's Social Worker Training, Development and Leadership
- Deputy Director (2), Children's Social Work Strategy, Practice and Evidence
- Head of Fast Track Procurement and Early Career Framework for Children's Social Care Workforce
- Assistant Director, Children's Social Work Regulation and What Works
- Project Assurance Manager, Children's Social Worker Training, Development and Leadership
- Senior Policy Lead, Children's Social Worker Practice Development
- Senior Policy Lead, Children's Social Worker Recruitment and Retention
- Senior Policy Lead, Children's Social Worker Agency and Pay
- Chief Analyst and Director, Analysis and Strategic Data Transformation
- Statistician, Children's Social Care Workforce Analysis
- Economic Apprentice, Children's Social Care Workforce Analysis
- Senior Media Officer
- Media Officer (3)