What we do
To make England the best place in the world to grow up, we lead workforce reform, improving chances for children and young people throughout the country.
In short, we join up the way different agencies work, and bring consistency to the way children and young people are listened to and looked after. We are the voice of employers and we make sure their concerns, experiences and views directly influence workforce reform.
Our decisions and actions are informed by constant dialogue with employers, the workforce, children, young people and their families, as well as high quality research.
Find out more about what we do and our project activities in our areas of work.
Page updated: 9 December 2009
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Recent news
- Revised remit for CWDC 30 June
- CWDC has agreed savings of £15m for 2010-11 with the Department for Education (DfE) and has confirmed a revised remit with a strong emphasis on cost-effective delivery to support front-line services.
- Promoting equality 22 March
- CWDC has been asked to look at how standards promoting equality and diversity can be adopted across the wider children and young people's workforce.
- New scheme to Step Up social work recruitment 19 February
- A new ‘earn and learn’ scheme has launched to address the financial barriers faced by career changers in order to boost social work recruitment.
- Social work degree applications at new high 16 February
- Social work degree applications have soared by more than 40% in the last year according to figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) last week.
- CWDC takes on parenting programme work from National Academy for Parenting Practitioners 15 December
- CWDC has announced it will create a new programme to develop the parenting workforce.
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