The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019

Part 2 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 (“the Act”) made changes to the way in which social workers in England are regulated. In particular, the Act established a body corporate, Social Work England (“SWE”), as the regulator of social workers in England in place of the Health and Care Professions Council (“HCPC”), and made provision for various functions related to the regulation of social workers to be transferred to SWE.