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
- Last updated
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
Besides 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 and Families
- Minister for Skills
- Special Adviser, Policy
- Special Adviser, Policy, Speeches, and Political Engagements
- Special Adviser, Communications
- Special Adviser, Parliamentary, Social Media, and Regional/Trade Press Communications
- Special Adviser, Women & Equalities Policy
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Families
- Director, Children's Social Care
- Deputy Director, Children's Social Work Strategy, Practice and Evidence
- Deputy Director, Children's Social Worker Training, Development and Leadership
- Assistant Director, Children's Social Worker Strategy, Retention and Agency
- Assistant Director, Early Careers Framework Delivery
- Assistant Director, Fast Track Procurement and Early Career Framework Policy
- Assistant Director, Social Work Workforce Delivery
- Assistant Director, Social Work Workforce Strategy, Practice and Evidence
- Team Leader, Social Work Workforce Retention
- Senior Policy Lead, Social Worker Supply
- Senior Policy Lead, Social Work Workforce Strategy
- Policy Lead, Social Work Workforce Strategy
- Chief Analyst and Director, SARDIS & Strategic Data Transformation
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics and Section Head, Statistics Services Unit
- Deputy Director, Families Analysis Division
- Deputy Director, News and Social Media
- Senior Media Officer
- Media Officer