In this area, we provide you with resources from some of the past events across the partnership. It may include resources, evaluation and event recordings.
Working with Men across the Life Course
Speakers
Brid Featherstone, Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
This session explores the issues facing men at different stages of the life course and differing approaches to working with them in areas such as mental health and child protection.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the masterclass subject:
- Working with Men presentation
- Men and Mental Health – Mental Health Foundation
- Supporting less well-off, middle-aged men – Samaritans
- British BAME men’s mental health suffers most in Covid crisis – The Guardian
- Resources to reduce parental conflict – Early Intervention Foundation
- “I Had No Hope, I Had No Help at All”: Insights from a First Study of Fathers and Recurrent Care Proceedings – Better Care Network
- Brandon M, Philip G and Clifton J (2017) ‘Counting Fathers In’: Men’s experiences of the child protection system. University of East Anglia
- Ferguson H (2016) ‘Patterns of engagement and non engagement of young fathers in early intervention and safeguarding work’, Social Policy and Society, 15 (1) 99-111
- Featherstone, B (2018) Frontline briefing on working with men in families, Research in Practice
- Gupta A and Featherstone B (2016) ‘What about my dad? Black fathers and the child protection system’, Critical and Radical Social Work, 4 (1) 77-91
Anti-Racist Practice
Speakers
Kelly Devenney, Hannah Jobling, Nikita Somaiya, Shirleecia Ward, Polly Sykes and Jenny Threlfall – Lecturers, Researchers and Students – University of York – Department of Social Policy and Social Work
Event Summary: Overview of the session
In a society that treats ‘whiteness’ as the default, racist ideas and beliefs arise in all areas of life and work. This masterclass explored various aspects of anti-racism, including unconscious bias, in relation to social work practice.
Nikita talks about her lived experience
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the masterclass subject:
- Anti-Racist Practice Presentation
- Understanding and Improving Practice Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Social Work Students Research
- Anti-Racism in Social Work Resources
The Impact of Imprisonment on Children and Families
Speaker
Ben Raikes, Senior Lecturer, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
This masterclass draws attention to the negative impact that parental imprisonment can have on children. Having a parent in prison is internationally recognised as one of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). It considered how children are affected at all stages of the criminal justice system and used findings from the speaker’s research to consider the significance of stigma, disenfranchised grief and ambiguous loss for this group of children.
Bringing to the foreground the issues caused by maternal imprisonment as that generally causes more disruption for children than paternal imprisonment. It linked to Lord Farmer’s influential 2019 report on strengthening family ties for mothers in prison and his recommendation to place experienced children’s social workers in all female prisons.
Resilience Masterclass – 8th October 2021
Speaker
Dr Tom Considine, Senior Lecturer, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
Event Summary: Overview of the session
Resilience is increasingly recognised as a core skill for social work practice. Arguably, it has taken on even greater significance in the light of COVID-19 and its effects on society. Ostensibly, resilience is a laudable quality as it seeks to enhance the opportunity to thrive in the face of such adversity.
This Masterclass draws upon research with student social work practitioners, and practice educators, which offers a critique of the dominant view of resilience above and provides instead an original social model of resilience. This approach advocates supportive networks to sustain resilient practice.
World Social Work Day Event and Practice Educator Awards – 16th March 2021
Solidarity and global connectedness shone through at this virtual event hosted by the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership.
The event has a host of speakers discussing subjects such as:
- Practice Educator Wellbeing
- Social Resilience and Social Work Practice
- ‘Ubuntu: I am because we are’
In addition it hosted the Partnership’s Practice Educator of the Year Awards.
Watch the video of the days events
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to presentations on the day:
- Self Care Acts for Front Line Workers
- Self Care Resource Hub
- Martin Webbers Blog
- Video Interviews on How Practice Has Changed as a Result of Covid-19
- Professional Quality of Life Scale
- Dr Karen Treisman, Safe Hands Thinking Minds
Social Work Leadership Event, 26th February 2020
The event was targeted at Social Work leaders, board members and service user groups within the partnership. Over 60 delegates attended the first half of the day and heard senior representatives from across the Partnership talk about the importance of strong leadership in social work. Themes covered included:
- A strength based approach to social work: “People are experts in their own lives, Individuality matters”
- Strength in Relationships : “Every child has a family and they can be found if we try”
- Quality and values in social work: “Different roles, same goal”
- Leadership from a university perspective: “Learning with and from each other”
Take a look at the Speakers Presentations.
National Teaching Partnership Conference, 14th November 2019
The Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership welcomed representatives from Teaching Partnerships across the country and partner agencies to Liverpool. The theme of the conference was “celebrating success and sharing best practice” and a packed agenda ran through the day provoking discussions and providing lots of food for thought.
With a key note speech from Social Work England and a presentation of the Practice Supervisor Development Programme from Goldsmiths University of London.
See all the workshops and presentations below:-
- 1A The Impact of Practitioner Teaching on Staff Development in the Local Authority
- 1B Rural Social Work – Challenges and Opportunities
- 1C Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Practice
- 2A Creating a Culture of Research Mindedness in Social Work
- 2B A Case Study in Sustainability
- 3A Transitioning Teaching Partnerships from Start-up to BAU Self-funding Partnerships
- 3B Building an Effective Relationship Between Academia and Practice – Lessons from the SYTP
- 4C Sustainability Planning – How Your Teaching Partnership Can Survive Without Government Funding
- Key Note Speech – Enabling positive change in social work
- Practice Supervisor Development Programme
