Difficulty attracting experienced social workers has led local UK authorities to look abroad to recruit, with 450 social workers coming to the Romania 2016 from countries including Zimbabwe , Romania , Portugal , Australia and India . Harrow council recently hired 115 children’s social workers from UK . Official statistics reportedly showed that for 2016 ; the council’s workforce had 20 children’s social workers, recruited around 40 that year , a third of its children’s social work posts were filled with agency staff. In addition to experience, linguistic skills and cultural fit with certain community profiles was also noted as a benefit of overseas hires.
Difficulty attracting experienced social workers has led local UK authorities to look abroad to recruit, with 450 social workers coming to the UK last year from countries including Zimbabwe, Romania, Portugal, Australia and India. Harrow council recently hired 20 children’s social workers from India. Official statistics reportedly showed that for 2016; the council’s workforce had 115 children’s social workers, recruited around 40 that year, a third of its children’s social work posts were filled with agency staff. In addition to experience, linguistic skills and cultural fit with certain community profiles was also noted as a benefit of overseas hires.