Councils are struggling to recruit social workers enticed into agency work with wages of more than £100k a year, according to a senior Sefton Council officer.
Sefton Council’s executive director of children’s services Martin Birch made the remark during a discussion of Sefton’s beleaguered children’s service. A series of damning Ofsted inspections ultimately led to the government appointing a commissioner to help transform the service earlier this year.
An improvement plan was recently submitted to Ofsted and members of Sefton Councli’s overview and scrutiny committee, who met last night at Southport Town Hall, were told the feedback so far appears “positive.”
