Social Workers: Training
(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many professional social work placements were provided by (a) local authorities, (b) third sector organisations and (c) other bodies in 2013-14.
The number of placement days and number of social work practice placements for the 2012-13 academic year are shown in the following table.
Universities will submit their final returns on social work practice placements to the NHS Business Services Authority for the 2013-14 academic year in November 2014.
The Department estimates that a similar number of placements and placement days to 2013-14 will be required in the 2014-15 academic year.
Social Work Practice Placements in the 2012-13 academic year
| Number of Placements | Number of Placement Days |
Local Authorities | 637 | 57,393 |
Third Sector Organisations | 3,687 | 287,050 |
Other | 9,098 | 777,548 |
Total | 13,422 | 1,121,991 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority