Caseloads fall at Cafcass but social workers still struggling with work pressures, finds survey

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Caseloads have fallen at Cafcass, but social workers are continuing to struggle with work pressures, according to a survey.
The family court body said that the average caseload for social workers in its long-term teams fell from 21.7 in spring 2022 to 19.9 in May 2023, before dropping further, to about 18 now.
For practitioners managing work up to the first hearing in private law, casel