By Sally Gillen

It is unthinkable that a student doctor could qualify without having worked alongside others doctors during their training. Or that a newly-qualified teacher could work hard for their qualification without spending time in a school, supervised by a teacher and absorbing the experience of those already doing the job. But a newly-qualified social worker can begin work in child protection, be given a full caseload, without any experience at all of working in a busy local authority children's department. The rules allow it.

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