To support social work colleagues to promote people’s right to register and vote in elections, BASW, Learning Disability England, the National Principal Social Worker Network for Adults and Bradford Council, supported by the My Vote, My Voice campaign, have launched a Practice Guide to Promote the Vote. Find out more...
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 …
National Children and Adult Services (NCASC) conference and exhibition Manchester Central 14-16 November 2018 #NCASC18 is almost upon us and I’m really looking forward to sharing, discussing and debating the important contribution modern social work continues to make across the …
One of the reasons I chose social work as a profession is the way it constantly evolves to take on new challenges, skills and responsibilities. As much as we lead the way in person-centred care, we also react to the …