Professional Standards Authority publishes review of Social Work England’s performance in 2024

The Professional Standards Authority (the Authority) has published its annual monitoring review which provides further information on Social Work England’s performance for 1 January to 31 December 2024.

For 2024 SWE met:

• 5 out of 5 general standards
• 2 out of 2 guidance and standards
• 2 out of 2 education and training standards
• 4 out of 4 registration standards
• 4 out of 5 fitness to practise standards

This year, the Authority has changed their assessment approach to standard 3. This standard asks that regulators demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of their registrants, patients and service users. When assessing us against this, they were confident we met the criteria and said that we show good practice by:

• having an emphasis on equality and inclusion in our professional standards, education and training standards, and supporting guidance
• engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders through our National Advisory Forum, regularly co-producing our work and often holding pre-consultation events

Colum Conway, Chief Executive at Social Work England commented:

“We are confident in our performance and have once again met 17 out of 18 of the Standards for Good Regulation. However, we know this is not good enough and will never be good enough until we meet all 18 standards. While timeliness in our fitness to practise process continues to be a challenge, we do have a pathway to achieving standard 15 which requires additional funding over time. The delays in case progression are unacceptable for us and for everyone involved.”

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