Social Work Education
Current priorities and activities
For the past two years, the Care Council has been assessing the training of social workers - where it is now and where it should be in the future. This has involved a range of continuing projects which will help develop a strong social work profession capable of meeting the challenges facing Welsh communities now and in the future.
The assessment has included examining the impact of the social work degree; building a career structure for social workers linked to their development, and review of how training is funded.
This work continues to involve a wide range of groups, including employers, social workers, trainers and educators, users and carers, and policy makers.
An update on each of the projects is provided below. To-date, the work has produced a detailed career structure for social workers and linked roles; a continuing professional education and learning structure linked to the career pathway, and a model to deliver training for social workers and social care workers.
The outcomes of the work will now be submitted to the Social Work and Social Care Workforce Task Group established by the Deputy Minister for Social Services.
Browse our Social Work Education Pages
A Career Pathway for Social Workers
Continuing Professional Education and Learning
Social Work Degree Rules Review
Social Services Practitioner Wales Model
National Social Work Education Student Forum