Who we are?
The WLA is an established regional partnership of eight local authorities who work together to develop social work from qualifying programmes to continuing professional development. In relation to Step Up, the WLA is funded by the Department for Education to commission the Step Up to Social Work programme. This is an employer led programme. Trainees wanting to complete the Step Up programme with the WLA in one of our partner local authorities will need to commit to working in that local authority for two years.
The partner local authorities are: