The Big Conversation is the second release of The Big Listen, a workforce research project led collaboratively by the London Innovation & Improvement Alliance (LIIA) and the South East Sector Led Improvement Programme (SESLIP). The research includes a survey and a series of focus groups. Its purpose is to affect change with and not to the workforce.
Across the UK and beyond, governments are proposing and implementing significant reforms aimed at addressing long-standing challenges in the system, and with it the role of the social worker is evolving. This is an exciting opportunity for child and family social workers, managers, students and agency workers to share their views and the greater the response, the more meaningful the impact!
Read the full Big Listen Report here
Complete the Survey
Book your Focus Group
Click the link or scan the QR code to access and complete the 10 minute survey.
Click the links below to book your place on the focus groups. Please choose which one best fits you based on your current role.
Project Goals
This is an exciting opportunity for members of the child and family social workers Children’s Social Care Workforce to share their views. The greater the response, the more meaningful the impact will be to enable the comparison of findings from the first release, to see what’s changed and to confirm the priorities for our workforce as we move forward.
What you need to know:
- When will the survey be released? The survey is now open! The information collated will be anonymised and not attributed to any individual.
- When can I book onto a focus group? Dates and booking information for focus group can be found in the links provided. Choose the one that best fits you.
- Who is the survey for? We want to hear from local authority employed social workers, social work managers, social work students, AYSE social workers, agency social workers and managers.
- What do we plan to do with the information collected? The information collected will be used by the 19 Local Authorities in the South East and the 33 London Local Authorities to develop a deeper understanding of how they can improve the workplace for children’s social workers.
- Why it matters? This research will be directly shared with Central Government to influence national reform, highlighting the workforce as our greatest asset and enabler.
- When will the report be published? We expect to publish The Big Conversation report and findings in October 2025
The information collated will be anonymised and not attributed to any individual
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