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Agency social worker reference template
The agency social worker reference is the standard reference for an agency child and family social worker, completed by a referee at a local authority where the social worker has worked. This Word template follows the structure of the Department for Education's standard reference template for agency social workers, in the agency's own brand: the social worker and their Social Work England number; the assignment (job title, local authority, dates, area of practice and court work); the referee's details; the A to D ratings against twelve competency statements in four groups; fitness to practise concerns; whether the referee would re-employ the social worker; development needs; additional information; the referee's declaration with a blank signature line; and a Still needed list. Formatix lays out the referee's own answers, from the returned reference or your notes of a reference call. It never writes an answer or a rating the referee did not give. It is a Formatix template, not an official form.
References for agency social workers often come back as an email, a partly completed form or a phone call. This template sets the referee's answers out in the standard structure so the agency has a complete, consistent record, and shows exactly what the referee has not yet answered. The ratings and answers are always the referee's: the CV is used only for the social worker's own details.
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What's in the template
The standard reference for an agency child and family social worker, filled from the referee's returned answers or notes of a reference call: social worker and Social Work England number, assignment with area of practice and court work, referee details, A-D ratings against the twelve competency statements, fitness to practise, re-employment, development needs, additional information, the declaration with a blank signature line and a still-needed list. A referee's answer is never written when the documents do not give it. Structure based on the Department for Education's standard reference template for agency social workers (Open Government Licence v3.0). Not an official form.
- Social worker and Social Work England number
- Assignment: job title, local authority, dates, area of practice, court work
- Referee details
- A-D ratings against twelve competency statements
- Fitness to practise, re-employment, development needs, additional information
- Declaration (signature left blank) and Still needed from the referee
What it's for: Recording a referee's answers for an agency social worker placement.
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Who uses it
Social work agencies
A consistent record of each reference in the standard structure, in your brand.
Compliance teams
What the referee answered, and a list of what to chase before the placement.
Agencies supplying children's services
References for child and family social workers placed with local authorities.
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How you use it
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Drop the referee's answers
Upload the referee's returned reference, their email or your notes of the reference call, with the social worker's CV if you have it. One credit fills one document.
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Check, chase and send
The filled document appears beside the original for checking. Get the items on the Still needed list from the referee, remove that box, then download the Word file.
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Questions about this template
- Who completes the reference?
- The referee, at the local authority. Formatix does not write the reference: it sets out the referee's own answers from the returned form, their email or your notes of a reference call, and leaves blank anything the referee did not answer.
- Will it turn the referee's comments into a rating?
- No. A rating of A, B, C or D is ticked only when the referee gave that letter. If the referee gave words but no letter, the rating stays blank and goes on the Still needed list.
- What does the CV fill in?
- Only the social worker's own details, such as their name and Social Work England number, and the assignment's job title, local authority and dates when the referee does not give them. Never a rating or an answer.
- Is this the official DfE template?
- No. It is a Formatix template for suppliers submitting agency social workers to local authorities, and its footer says it is not an official form. The structure follows the Department for Education's standard reference template, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0, with no government branding.
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