Social workers continuing to struggle with workload, admin and increasing need, finds ‘health check’
Community Care
MAY 7, 2025
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Social workers are continuing to struggle with workload, administrative burdens and increasing need, according to an annual survey of professionals in England. The Local Government Association’s (LGA) 2025 health check , answered by almost 7,000 social workers, mostly from English councils, showed no improvement in practitioners’ experiences of, and wellbeing in, the workplace c
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