25 September 2025
National Workload Action Group reports published
Mary Baginsky contributed to new reports on social worker workload
The Department for Education today published the reports of the National Workload Action Group. The government has also published its own response. Dr Mary Baginsky, Reader in Social Care at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's, provided expert assistance to the Group.
The Department for Education established the National Workload Action Group in January 2023 as part of its response to the national Independent review of children’s social care (May 2022), with the aims of:
- finding the main causes of unnecessary social work workload
- developing practical, evidence-based solutions.
The reports out today were authored by Research in Practice who were supported by Essex County Council and King’s – each contributing their workforce research and practice knowledge and expertise, making this work richer and relevant to practice.
Dr Baginsky leads the Children's Research Programme at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London.
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