The Education Secretary has announced funding for a pilot fast-track graduate recruitment scheme for trainee social workers. The two-year scheme will involve an initial 5 week intensive course followed by a hands-on local authority placement alongside university based study. Trainees will graduate as social workers at the end of the first year. Some LAs welcome the scheme, but the British Association of Social Workers has expressed concerns that the timescale will not prepare trainees for safe practice.
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