From April 2027 the Early Career Standards will replace the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for children and families’ social workers and aims to deliver a two-year programme to develop professional confidence and competence. After the initial two years, the framework will also provide a further optional three-year progression route to become an “expert practitioner”. This session will explore the new standards and links to the Family First Partnership model which is being implemented nationally, and what this means for practice.
There have been a number of high profile reviews, report and inquiries into child sexual abuse which have highlighted the dearth of knowledge, skills and confidence of the social care workforce in identifying and responding to child sexual abuse. This is unsurprising: For decades, many social workers have received no formal training on child sexual abuse either pre- or post-qualifying, leaving them without the knowledge and resources they need to safeguard and support children and their families.