Rules curbing councils’ use of agency social workers to come into force

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Rules curbing councils’ use of agency social workers in children’s services will start coming into force next month, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced.
Under the policy, English authorities will be expected to agree regional pay caps on locums’ hourly rates, refrain from hiring early career practitioners, or staff who have recently left permanent roles in the