Not attracting overseas social workers has led local UK authorities to look abroad to recruit , with many social workers coming to the UK last year from countries including Zimbabwe , Romania , Portugal , Australia and India . Picture: giorgos245/fotolia 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 this , linguistic skills and cultural fit with certain community profiles was also noted as a benefit of overseas hires .
Not attracting overseas social workers has led local UK authorities to look abroad to recruit , with many 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 this , linguistic skills and cultural fit with certain community profiles was also noted as a benefit of overseas hires .