Children’s social work workforce census: reports specifications
Specifications of children’s social work workforce reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Applies to England
Documents
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This document describes the reports available to local authorities completing a children’s social work workforce return in COLLECT, our centralised data collection and management system.
It specifies:
- a detailed description of each report
- what data is used to calculate each report
- what information each report displays
Last updated
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Updated reports specifications for 2022 to 2023.
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The attachment ‘Children’s social work workforce census 2021 to 2022: COLLECT report specifications’ has replaced the 2020 to 2021 version of the same document.
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Updated reports specifications for 2020 to 2021.
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Updated reports specifications for 2019 to 2020.
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Updated reports specifications for 2018 to 2019.
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First published.
Update history
2025-09-01 15:09
Updated COLLECT report specifications for 2024 to 2025.
2024-07-29 12:11
Replaced ‘Children’s social work workforce census 2022 to 2023: COLLECT report specifications’ with an updated version. The updates are listed in the version history of the document.
2024-03-22 11:44
Updated report specifications for 2023 to 2024.
2023-10-30 12:33
Updated ‘Children’s social work workforce census 2022 to 2023: COLLECT report specifications’: amended logic for quality check 3 within the continuity report.
2023-07-18 17:05
Updated reports specifications for 2022 to 2023.
2022-08-26 16:44
The attachment ‘Children’s social work workforce census 2021 to 2022: COLLECT report specifications’ has replaced the 2020 to 2021 version of the same document.