Ed Balls Interviewed in the Guardian

Ed Balls interview in The Guardian, 28.11.09, wants to see a cultural shift in status and a better future for social work as a profession. He talks of the balancing act between the need to act, in the days following the emergence of failures at Haringay council to protect Baby P, and the need to maintain the morale of a battered profession. The Social Work Task Force at the Department of Children Schools and Families (England and Wales) are due today to report on recommendations for the future of the profession, including the proposed establishment of a Royal College of Social Work.