Social work supervision of school safeguarding leads has no impact on appropriate referrals – study

A scheme to provide school designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) with supervision from a social worker has had no impact on measured outcomes, research has revealed.
The programme did not lead to more appropriate referrals from schools to children’s social care, nor did it enhance DSLs’ wellbeing, said What Works for Early Intervention and Children’s Social Care (WWEICSC), which managed the Department for Education (DfE) funded project.
On the back of the research, WWEICSC advis