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  • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board

    Date published: 1 April 2022

    Last updated: 30 July 2024

    The Social Work Workforce Implementation Board has been established to oversee the implementation of the recommendations and action plan from the 2022 Social Work Workforce Review and provide leadership and accountability for the development and stabilisation of the social work workforce.

    The Implementation Board will comprise of Department of Health representatives, Senior Managers from the HSC Trusts, Probation, Education and Voluntary sectors as well as key stakeholders, and staff representatives.

    The Board will work together to ensure the actions and recommendations are implemented in order to address the deficit and ensure there will be a social work workforce with ‘the required competency, motivated and empowered to deliver quality care’ in the future.

    Social Work Workforce Implementation Board 

    Social work workforce policy/guidance 

    Social Work Workforce Review Northern Ireland 2022

    The Social Work Workforce Review Report for Northern Ireland 2022 can be accessed below.

    Documents

    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board - July 2024Adobe PDF (952.19 KB)
    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board - March 2024 - Newsletter number 6Adobe PDF (1.06 MB)
    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board - October 2023 Newsletter number 5Adobe PDF (538.08 KB)
    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board - May 2023 Newsletter number 4Adobe PDF (680.41 KB)
    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board - February 2023 Newsletter number 3Adobe PDF (453.08 KB)
    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board - November 2022 Newsletter number 2Adobe PDF (232.99 KB)
    • Social Work Workforce Implementation Board News Letter number 1 July 2022Adobe PDF (339.76 KB)
    • Social Work Workforce Review ReportAdobe PDF (2.05 MB)
    • Terms of Reference Adobe PDF (301.33 KB)
    • Letter from Sean Holland, to all Social Workers in Northern Ireland to announce the Social Work Workforce Implementation Board has been established – 16 May 2022Adobe PDF (174.64 KB)
    • SWWIB Newsletter August 2025Adobe PDF (1.3 MB)
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