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29/09/2014

A look at why so many posts in the region's children's social work departments are remaining vacant for so long and the pressures social workers face. And the City of Ale festival.

A 91热爆 Inside Out investigation shows that a third of children's social work departments in the east have more than 20% of posts sitting vacant with over half seeing an increase in vacancies over the past four years. We spend four days with Peterborough City Council to examine how the department has turned itself around from two bad Ofsteds and the Tyler Wheelan case in 2011 to the recent success of the Peterborough sex-ring trials. Yet it has one of the highest vacancy levels in the region with a quarter of permanent posts sitting empty. We see first-hand the problems social workers face, find out how the recruitment drive is going and ask who really wants to be a social worker?

And David Whiteley visits the City of Ale festival, in search of the best beer in the land. The contest is between Norwich and York, with both cities claiming to be home to the top beer in the country.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Sep 2014 19:30

Recipe for 'disaster' in child care

Recipe for 'disaster' in child care

A shortage of social workers is putting some of the most vulnerable children at greater risk of harm, it is claimed.

A 91热爆 investigation found more than a quarter of posts in Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Thurrock and Bedford were vacant.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter David Whiteley
Series Editor Diana Hare
Series Producer Paul Baker

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Sep 2014 19:30