By Clare Jerrom

I think it's great that the government are looking into different ways to boost the numbers of social workers needed to ensure departments have fewer vacancies and run more smoothly. Children's secretary Ed Balls and the Local Government Association have both recently launched initiatives targeting both retired children's social workers and qualified, experienced social workers who have left council toles in a bid to get them to return to work and fill recruitment gaps.

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