Social Work England Confirms New CPD System
Social Work England has confirmed changes to how CPD for social workers will be regulated this year. As part of the new annual registration system when social workers renew their registration they will be required to register some CPD through their online account. In Addition any CPD work submitted will have to meet Social Work […]
Read article2019 Social Work Student Placement Survey Results
The results of our Social Work (SW) Students Placement Survey 2018/19 are now available and are overwhelmingly positive both about the overall experience and about how the specific support provided by Practice Educators has been beneficial in building confidence and skills. Responses were received from 77 students from the Universities of York and Huddersfield, across […]
Read articleBridging the Gap Between Adult’s and Children’s Social Work
There has been a longstanding ‘them’ and ‘us’ approach when it comes to Adult and Children’s social work teams, where Social Workers early in their careers, even as early as their training, pick a ‘side’ and stick to it. This sometimes happens without us ever really knowing or understanding the different teams and the work […]
Read articlePartnership Development Day 2019
On Friday 22nd February, over 40 representatives from across the Partnership met to celebrate our achievements since grant funding was awarded in 2017, and reflect on future aspirations. We were also joined by colleagues from the neighbouring Leeds & Wakefield Social Work Teaching Partnership and Claire Langron from the Social Work Reform Unit within the […]
Read articleHealth and Wellbeing for Social Work Students
Social work is a challenging profession. To realise our vision of a highly skilled and confident social work workforce, able to meet the diverse challenges of frontline practice with children and adults, we are working across our partnership to support social work students to build resilience and develop strategies that will help them manage their […]
Read articleEnabling Learning in Practice: The Practice Educator Consultant Role
The quality of practice placements for students is critical to raising standards in social work education and delivering our vision of a workforce of well trained, competent and confident Social Workers who can meet the challenges of practice. To support this we have developed the Practice Educator Consultant (PEC) role to act as a bridge […]
Read articleReflections on the Placement Journey
Following last year’s Practice Educator (PE) masterclass, delivered by Siobhan Maclean, the Teaching Partnership invested in resources for PEs to use to encourage students to become more reflective as Social Workers. The resource toolkits include social work theory cards, reflective practice cards, the practice curriculum and a set of everyday, ordinary postcards that you may pick up on holiday, at an art […]
Read articleQuestion Time – World Social Work Day
Ahead of World Social Work day on Tuesday 20 March, two student social workers, Stephanie Wood and Gabrielle Gardner, met with City of York Council, Corporate Director for Health, Housing and Adult Social Care Martin Farran to find out what social work means to him. Gabrielle is working with the Customer access and assessment team at West […]
Read articleComputer game for social work students
Social work students will soon be able to use an immersive computer game to practice home visits and assessments. The social work teaching partnership is supporting the creation of the digital resource which aims to provide an innovative and creative approach for students to develop assessment and communication skills. The work is being led by the University of Huddersfield […]
Read articleInnovative approach to ensure social work students are practice ready
By Lesley Warnes, Care Proceedings Case Manager, Calderdale Council The University of Huddersfield with social work practitioners from Calderdale and Kirklees Councils held their ‘Skills Day’ event for final year students in October 2017. This event is a great example of how teaching and learning succeeds when agencies enter into a committed working relationship and […]
Read articleBringing Social Work Practice into the Classroom: The Lecturer Practitioner role
Two Social Workers from York and Calderdale Councils are bridging the gap between theory and practice through working as Lecturer Practitioners. This new role, developed by the partnership, offers practising Social Workers the opportunity to teach part-time on academic courses within our partner universities. A deeper learning experience for students Jennifer Cooper has joined the University of Huddersfield […]
Read articleNew research into same-sex adoption and fostering
New research into gay and lesbian adoption and fostering by Dr Kate Wood at the University of Huddersfield, has highlighted a need for some professionals in fostering and adoption to rethink ideas of what constitutes family. Dr Wood’s latest article is titled Families beyond boundaries – in the journal Child and Family Social Work – and is the result of a series of 24 interviews with gay […]
Read articlePractice Educator Consultants improving social work skills and competency
The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership now has 5 dedicated Practice Educator Consultants in place. Coming from a variety of backgrounds, they are highly skilled social work practitioners leading the way for supporting and developing our social workers across the partnership. Their aim is to: Deliver improvements in practice education, Develop placement opportunities in […]
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