The number of overseas social workers in the UK


Social workers who have qualified overseas must have their qualifications confirmed by the GSCC as suitable for them to work in the UK. (In broad terms that means that, since October, they must be qualified to a comparable level to the UK social work degree, and have 130 days of post-qualifying training.) The numbers below represent how many overseas social workers have had their qualifications recognised as good enough for them to be able to work in the UK, rather than the number who are necessarily practicing social work here.


 


The European Economic Area (consisting of EU member states plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) and Switzerland are grouped together as they are all governed by the same European directive on the cross-border recognition of professional qualifications.


 
































































































 


Country of Qualification


Registrants


EEA & Switzerland (breakdown below)


1681


Australia


1316


South Africa


1147


United States


1107


India


934


Canada


474


New Zealand


366


Zimbabwe


301


Philippines


186


Total


7512


 


 


EEA & Switzerland


1681


Germany


449


Romania


292


Poland


157


Spain


124


Netherlands


99


Sweden


64


Ireland


55


Hungary


46


Portugal


44


Bulgaria


39


Slovakia


33


Denmark


31


Norway


29


Greece


27


Lithuania


26


Finland


25


Belgium


22


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