Social Work at its best: The roles and tasks of social workers

The General Social Care Council, working in partnership with the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Social Care Institute for Excellence, the Children’s Workforce Development Council and Skills for Care, has been working for some time on a statement defining the roles and tasks of social work.

Since this work started, the policy agenda for social care has moved on significantly and in particular, the Government has published Putting People First, on the transformation of adult social care and the Children’s Plan, which sets direction for children’s services.

In the light of these developments, the Government has welcomed the joint statement on the roles and tasks of social work and has asked that it be used as a source document for the development of the social care bodies’ strategic work and noted that further work which will be needed to align the content of the statement with the emerging workforce strategies for adult and children’s services.