The Greater Manchester Pledge for workforce stability in children's social care
The GM Pledge for workforce stability in children’s social care is a shared commitment by the 10 GM Boroughs to increase the stability, continuity of care and support to vulnerable children and families in Greater Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Pledge sets out a series of commitments from the 10 GM Local Authorities to work together to improve the stability of the children’s social care workforce. This includes controlling the rates that GM Local Authorities pay for agency social workers through agreed regional capped rates, working in closer partnership with Managed Service Providers around the supply chain of agency staff and introducing a standard reference template to improve quality of workers in the city-region.