NORTH Yorkshire is celebrating an outstanding record in social work for children and young people.
A new survey of the county’s social workers has found that 97 per cent said they would recommend the county as a good place to be a social worker.
It is one of only four councils in the country that employs no agency social work staff and has an experienced and committed workforce.
The county council’s vacancy rate is half the national average, the turnover of social workers is four per cent compared to a national average of 17 per cent and sickness rate is 25 per cent below the national average.
The number of looked-after children has fallen from 481 in 2012 to 418 last year and the county is now one of seven exemplar children’s services to become a Partner in Practice for the Department for Education. The council is now working alongside others to share good practice and develop long-term and sustainable high performance.
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