WATE-(30) Response Historic

Conduct national review of pay and career for residential child care staff

Recommendation

There should be a national review of the pay, status and career development of residential child care staff and field social workers to ensure as far as possible that there is a sufficient supply of candidates for such posts of appropriate calibre.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Waterhouse Inquiry
Report Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report 16 Feb 2000
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Themes & Tags
Public sector recruitment costs Staff training and development Care safeguarding systems
Recommendation age 26.3 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates