Recommendation LAMI-52: Allocate cases only when social workers have adequate training, experience, and time

From Laming Inquiry — Final Report, published 28 January 2003.

Recommendation

Directors of social services must ensure that no case is allocated to a social worker unless and until his or her manager ensures that he or she has the necessary training, experience and time to deal with it properly.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Laming Inquiry

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003

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Themes and tags

Care safeguarding systems Underinvestment in Children's Social Care Public protection planning

Recommendation made 23.7 years ago