The Guardian reports that the House of Commons Select Committee for Children, Schools and Families earlier this week deemed the Social Work training in the UK to be unfit for purpose.
Although I haven’t had much direct contact with training establishments Read More...
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on 1 Aug 2009
Filed under: social care, social work, work, uk, health, Education, social work training, Postgraduate education, select committee, social work graduates, select committee for children families and schools, Academic degree
I’ll preface this post by mentioning I have a stinking headache at the moment – but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a lot to say!
Anyone in and around London, the Social Work Action Network which describes itself as ‘a radical campaigning network within Read More...
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on 2 Jul 2009
Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, politics, london, social justice, personal, social work training, conference, London Metropolitan University, SWAN, Social Work Action Network
Community Care have an article on their website today about CWDC (Children’s Workforce Development Council) and their submission to the Social Work Taskforce which is considering the future of the Social Work profession following an interview published Read More...
Posted to
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on 23 Mar 2009
Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, ASW, local authority, social policy, social justice, health, university, Ed Balls, social work taskforce, social work training, training social workers, mike leadbetter, education in social work, cwdc
I will not pretend to have read Laming’s report which was published yesterday. I haven’t. Honestly, I’m struggling a bit with my workload at the moment (oh, the irony!) and getting home I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself Read More...
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on 13 Mar 2009
Filed under: social work, work, mental health, uk, gscc., General Social Care Council, Ed Balls, social work training, laming, social work education, laming report 2009