Of the following options, please choose 3 that you consider
to be the biggest challenges for the social work profession
now and in the immediate future
2021 (UK) 2022 (UK) 2022 (NI)
Failure to adequately fund social
care
58.73% 68.35% 57.69%
Recruitment and retention 28.47% 54.18% 73.08%
Cuts to local services 53.3% 42.38% 26.92%
Not enough time to spend with
people using social work services
31.86% 38.39% 50%
Cost of living crisis N/A 26.03% 23.08%