Goldie added a bit of celebrity glamour to the launch of the Social Work Task Force report in London yesterday.
The actor and musician, who was recently involved in government's Help Give Them a Voice campaign to highlight the positive impact social workers can have on the lives of children and vulnerable adults, gave his full backing to the taskforce's recommendations.
From where he sat alongside taskforce chair Moira Gibb, children's secretary Ed Balls and health secretary Andy Burnham, Goldie championed the idea of a royal college of social work but said it would probably take "a good 10-15 years" for the reforms proposed by the taskforce to take effect.
He also said that, when he was a child in the seventies, social workers "were all older - 50 plus", but that they seemed to be younger nowadays. This, he said, is why it's all the more important to make sure social workers are given time to gain the experience and training they need.
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