Practice placements are a core part of qualifying as a social worker. Students must spend at least 200 days in practice over their course. Up to 30 of these days can be allocated to students developing their skills for practice; …
What is the secret to providing effective student social work placements? That’s a question Change Grow Live are constantly striving to answer in their role as a voluntary sector organisation specialising in substance misuse and criminal justice intervention projects in England, Scotland and Wales.
Gambling related harm does not exist in the margins of society. Only now are we beginning to fully appreciate its reach and social work’s power to mitigate it and transform many more lives. Jim Rogers, senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln, with a practice background in addiction services, explains how social work has a …
Opening Doors London provides support and services to older Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT+) people. To mark LGBT History Month, its director Alice Wallace explains why we all need to shed preconceptions and enter into positive non-presumptive dialogue with older LGBT+ individuals.
New strengths based practice framework launches In January 2017, I was very pleased to host a roundtable event with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). We had joined forces to explore what strengths-based social work means for practitioners, carers …
Social pedagogy is based on humanistic values and is primarily concerned with well-being, learning and growth and seeks to recognise and promote each individual’s potential. In part one of this two part blog, UCLan’s Ali Gardner explored the concept in the …
Before Christmas, I was very pleased to post a guest blog from Ali Gardiner, senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, on a fascinating methodology of interest to our social work profession: social pedagogy. If you haven’t read it, …
I was delighted to be invited to a Parliamentary reception at the House of Commons recently on social pedagogy. If you’re wondering what that is – read on! There were quite a few social workers there and I was inspired …
New post-qualifying standard for social work practice supervisors in adult services has arrived I am delighted that the consultation response and the final post-qualifying standard: knowledge and skills statement for social work supervisors in adult services have now been published. …
The support and assessment social workers provide where someone may have mental capacity issues remains a vital and growing area of our practice in the 21st century. We constantly strive to interpret and serve the needs and wishes of individuals …
Since I took up the post of the Chief Social Worker for Adults in England, one of my enduring priorities has been to encourage the development and use of research and evidence to inform social work practice and improve life …