An academic and consultant social worker explain how they were able to work together as equal partners on the Frontline programme
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How we’re supporting struggling practice educators
Repeated change to placement requirements has been confusing for practice educators and supervisors
‘I wanted to be where social work meant reduced caseloads, better outcomes and being at the forefront of practice’
In 2016 social worker Karen Ralston left the city where she had spent most of her career to become an area manager at Highland Council. And it wasn’t just the better work-life balance and the chance to work in the…
Debate over principal social worker role obscures senior leaders’ missing links to practice
By Brendan Clifford
The debate about the role of the principal social worker (PSW) in adults’ and children’s services is really a debate about the role and definition of social work itself – and especially the qualifications and experience the…
Top tips for practice educators working with a struggling student
In a new guide for Community Care Inform, Jo Finch provides practical advice and information for practice educations working with struggling and failing students. Here, we present a few top tips from the guide. Inform subscribers can read the full,…
‘Defensive practice and bureaucracy can’t keep limiting opportunities for children’
Delegated authority is good for children and good for local authorities - but social
workers are too often failing to empower foster carers.
Social work reinvigorated: how Dorset is making social work all about practice not process
If there was ever a time to be a social worker in Dorset – that time is now.
Like most of the country, Dorset has seen rising demand for children’s social care but how it is responding to that challenge…
The future of social work education in universities is under threat
by June Thoburn, Brid Featherstone and Kate Morris
Much attention has been paid to the climbdowns the government was forced into on key clauses in the Children and Social Work Bill last week, with critics labelling the handling of the…
The development of social work’s practice educators is at risk
More than a year on from The College of Social Work’s closure, a key set of professional standards for practice educators lies in limbo
Social work practice improving at children’s trust – Ofsted
Inspectors said that a significant investment in training was starting to pay off in the service rated 'inadequate' last year
We need to talk about social work education…
Social work education is experiencing a period of unparalleled change that poses some significant risks, writes Donald Forrester
How an iPad enhanced my social work practice
Social work student Zoe Joyce explains how she used digital technology to involve a young man in his assessment in a meaningful way
Frontline students have ‘significantly higher’ practice skills than others, evaluation finds
The evaluation couldn't identify whether the results of practice assessments for students were due to the training or the highly selective nature of the programme
Social workers often ‘poorly trained and not ready for frontline practice’, says DfE
Parliament's education committee have launched an inquiry into the government's social work reform agenda
Directors warn against two-tier social work education system
The Association of Directors of Children's Services also fears accreditation of children's social workers could become additional burden
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