by Sally Gillen, Community Care senior investigative reporter

It is unthinkable that student teachers could work hard for their qualification without experiencing time in a school, supervised by a teacher. But a newly qualified social worker can begin work in child protection with a full caseload, without any experience at all of working in a busy local authority children's department. The rules allow it. A Community Care investigation shows that more than 100 of the most recent social work graduates had never worked at a council, or other statutory setting.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2009/04/statutory-placements-shortfall.html

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Posted 7 Apr 2009 2:00 PM by The Social Work Blog | Report Abuse

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