Please click on the event titles below:-
- Practice Educator Conference 2024 – This event focused on ‘Supporting and Celebrating Neurodiversity on Placements’
- Holding Courageous Conversations
- Creative Engagement and Listening to Service Users
- Working in greyscale: understanding the role and position of social work in mental health services in England and Wales
- Bye bipolar: say goodbye to feeling on your own
- Practice Educator Event 2023 – Keynote Speech and session on Working with Struggling or Failing Social Work Students in Placement and Practice Educator Awards.
- Using Novels, TV and Film to Promote Anti-racist Social Work Practice
- World Social Work Week Event 2023
- BASW Cost of Living Crisis – Support for Social Workers and Students
- Cultural Competence and Community Cohesion
- Trauma Informed Practice
- Transgender Awareness
- Positive Risk-Taking in Mental Health
- Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
- Cost of Living Crisis and its Implications for Children, Families and Social Work
- Reflective Practice and Self Care – includes Schwartz Rounds Presentation, tools and resources
- World Social Work Day Annual Conference 2022 – Keynote Speech on the 2021 theme ‘Leaving No One Behind Presentation’ plus a lived experience presentation.
- Practice Educator Event 2022 – Keynote Speech on Coaching for Social Change Presentation. Sharing Resources Sessions covering Balloon and Basket Model, Mandela Model and a Brief look at Systemic Practice.
- Working with Men across the Life Course
- Anti-Racist Practice – explore the resources including podcasts, articles and discussions
- The Impact of Imprisonment on Children and Families
- Resilience Masterclass – Includes follow up research results and toolkit
- World Social Work Day Event and Practice Educator Awards 2021 – Keynote speech on Practice Educator Wellbeing followed by Social Resilience and Social Work Practice and this years theme ‘Ubuntu: I am because we are’.
- Social Work Leadership Event – Discussing the importance of strong leadership in social work.
- National Teaching Partnership Conference, 2019 – with Keynote speech on Enabling positive change in social work from Social Work England and a presentation of the Practice Supervisor Development Programme from Goldsmiths University of London.
Practice Educator Conference 2024
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Social Work Teaching Partnership recognises the key role that Practice Educators play in ensuring quality social work is taught, practiced and delivered. As such the Partnership hosted this event which provided a chance for our Partnership Practice Educators to be celebrated, to engage with key topics and people, to learn, reflect and develop.
The event focused on ‘Supporting and Celebrating Neurodiversity on Placements’ with speakers Kelly Bentley-Simon & Karen Gilbank from Bradford Neurodevelopmental Team
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Practice Educator Awards Presentation
- Neurodiversity and Social Work Placements Presentation
- ADHD UK – Homepage – ADHD UK
- ADDitude – ADD & ADHD Symptom Tests, Signs, Treatment, Support (additudemag.com)
- National Autistic Society (autism.org.uk)
- Home – Autism | Autistica
- ADHD Jesse | Jesse J. Anderson and ADHD Jesse – YouTube and ADHD Nerds Podcast
- How to ADHD – YouTube series
- How to Use Hyperfocus to Your Advantage (webmd.com)
- ‘On the spectrum’: how autism has affected my career – Community Care
- Supporting neurodiversity in our organisations | Research in Practice – With links to a new blog and series of videos, Deb Solomon and Jenni Guthrie (Chair and Deputy Chair of the BASW Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group) e0xplore how organisations can support neurodivergent practitioners to thrive and progress.
- Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group | BASW
- How to support neurodivergent social workers and create an inclusive work environment – Social Personnel
- Home | The Neurodivergent Social Worker (ndsocialworker.wixsite.com)
- Neurodiversity and Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) Placement guidance for students and Practice assessor/supervisor/ workplace
mentors – UWE Bristol
Holding Courageous Conversations
Speakers
Melissa Crowland, Social Worker and University of York SUPA group
Ed Robson, Lecturer of Social Work at University of York
Event Summary: Overview of the session
This online seminar will focused on how to ensure that students with impairments and/or additional support needs can succeed in social work practice placements. As a former social work student with a number of physical impairments, Melissa Crowland discussed the need for ‘courageous conversations’ between student and placement to ensure that each student is given the right support.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Courageous Conversations Guide
- Allyson Davy’s – Courageous conversations in supervision (researchgate.net)
- Having-courageous-conversations-as-a-practice-supervisor_FINAL.pdf (rip.org.uk)
- Book – Best Practice in Professional Supervision, Second Edition: A Guide for the Helping Professions by Liz Beddoe (Author), Allyson Davys (Author)
Creative Engagement and Listening to Service Users
Speakers
NY Voice – Youth Voice and Creative Engagement Team
Event Summary: Overview of the session
This session explores how to creatively engage with young people and how you can use those principles across Social Work services.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Hart’s Ladder of Youth Participation (nj.gov)
- Children’s Participation: From tokenism to citizenship (unicef-irc.org)
- Children and young people centred communication (mefirst.org.uk)
- Anti-Oppressive Practice (Open Learn)
- Developing Anti-Oppressive Practice with the Person-in-Society: Reflexivity and Social Work (qub.ac.uk)
- ‘Social workers must not just talk about anti-oppressive practice, we have a duty to make it real’ – Community Care
- Enabling the meaningful participation of children and young people globally: The Lundy Model (qub.ac.uk)
- Paulo Freire
Working in greyscale: understanding the role and position of social work in mental health services in England and Wales
Speakers
Dr Laura Tucker. Qualified social worker and social researcher, University of York.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
Social work is central to the provision of mental health care in England and Wales. However, there is a lack of oversight and agreement on the structure and contribution of social work in mental health settings, and provision is dependent on local priorities, organisation agreements and available resources. This has left mental health social work unclearly defined as a professional specialism, with varying organisational and service contexts further influencing the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of practice.
This research aimed to establish an understanding of mental health social work provision and to explore how mental health social workers perceive their role, accounting for variation and similarity across the range of practice contexts, to identify the ‘core characteristics’ of mental health social work. A survey of social work providers was used to map mental health social work provision at a national level. 248 social workers from a range of practice contexts were surveyed on their views on professional identity and practice context, with thirty also taking part in an interview to explore this more fully. Participants saw their professional role as an interaction of tasks, values and knowledge which informed a distinctive approach to practice. Their externally facing, task-based roles were sensitive to practice environments and influences, but values and knowledge-based roles were consistent across settings. This suggests that definitions of mental health social work need to be distinguished from the activities of practice if this workforce is to be understood as a profession.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Working in Greyscale Presentation
- Working in greyscale: understanding the role and position of social work in mental health services in England and Wales – CORE Reader
- National Workforce Stocktake of Mental Health Social Workers in NHS Trusts (hee.nhs.uk)
- The mental health social work matrix – Martin Webber’s blog
- The Role of the Social Worker in Adult Mental Health Services (basw_112306-10_0.pdf)
- ‘Maybe a Maverick, Maybe a Parent, but Definitely Not an Honorary Nurse’: Social Worker Perspectives on the Role and Nature of Social Work in Mental Health Care | The British Journal of Social Work | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
Bye bipolar: say goodbye to feeling on your own
Speakers
Keith J Thompson, SUPA group at University of York.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The session looked at Keith’s lived experience of bipolar disorder. Participants discussed and explored stigmatism of people with mental health problems, how it manifests and mental health knowledge for social work practitioners. Keith also invited questions from participants.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Think with your feet – Keith’s story (rethink.org)
- Overview – Bipolar disorder – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Living with – Bipolar disorder – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Treatment – Bipolar disorder – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Understanding bipolar disorder booklet – Free Social Work Tools and Resources: SocialWorkersToolbox.com
- Your care team | Information for the public | Bipolar disorder: assessment and management | Guidance | NICE
- The Role of the Social Worker in Adult Mental Health Services – basw_112306-10_0.pdf
Practice Educator Event 2023
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Social Work Teaching Partnership recognises the key role that Practice Educators play in ensuring quality social work is taught, practiced and delivered. As such the Partnership is hosted this event which will provide a chance for our Partnership Practice Educators to be celebrated, to engage with key topics and people, to learn, reflect and develop.
The event had sessions to by Dr Jo Finch, Professor of Social Work and Post Graduate Research at the University of Suffolk, to look at Working with Struggling or Failing Students on Placement. This was followed by the student nominated awards to recognise the commitment and hard work of our Practice Educators.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Finch, J. (2017)) Supporting Struggling Students on Placement: A Practice Guide, Policy Press, Bristol
- Finch , J and Poletti, A. (2016) Italian and English Practice Educators Experiences of Working with Struggling or Failing Students in Practice Placements in Taylor, I .et al (Eds) Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Education, Routledge, London
- Finch, J. (2015) “Running with the Fox and Hunting with the Hounds” Social Work Tutor Experiences of working with Struggling or Failing Students, British Journal of Social Work, 45 (7) pp2124-2141
- Finch, J. and Schaub, J. (2015) Finch, Projective Identification as an Unconscious Defence: Social Work, Practice Education and the Fear of Failure. in Armstrong, D. & Rustin, M.(eds) Social Defences against Anxiety: Explorations in the Paradigm, Karnac, London
- Finch, J. (2013) Participation, Power, Emotion and Decision Making in Relation to Failing Social Work Students: An Ethnographic and Practice-Near Exploration of Practice Assessment Panels, HEA, York
- Finch, J., Schaub, J. & Dalrymple, R. (2013) Projective Identification and the Fear of Failing: Making Sense of Practice Educators’ Emotional Experiences of Failing Social Work Students in Practice Learning Settings, Journal of Social Work Practice,
- Finch, J. and Poletti, I. (2013) ‘It’s been hell.’ Italian and British Practice Educators’ Narratives of Working with Struggling or Failing Social Work Students in Practice Learning Settings, European Journal of Social Work, DOI:10.1080/13691457.2013.800026
- Finch, J. and Taylor, I. (2013) The Emotional Experience of Assessing a Struggling or Failing Social Work Student in Practice Learning Settings, Special Edition – Field Education, Social Work Education, 32 (2) pp:244-258 DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2012.720250
- Finch, J (2010) Finch) Can’t fail, won’t fail – why practice assessors find it difficult to fail social work students: a qualitative study of practice assessors’ experiences of assessing marginal or failing social work students. Doctoral thesis, University of Sussex.
- Furness S. & Gilligan, P. (2004) Fit for Purpose: Issues from Practice Placements, Practice teaching and the Assessment of Student’s Practice. Social Work Education, 23, 465-479.
- LaFrance, J., Fray, E. & Herbert, M. (2004) Gate-Keeping for Professional Social Work Practice. Social Work Education, 23, 325-340.
- Salzberger-Wittenberg, I., Williams, G. & Osborne, E. (1983) The Emotional Experience of Learning and Teaching, London, Karnac Books
- Sharp , M. & Danbury, H. (1999) The Management of Failing DipSW Students – Activities and Exercises to Prepare Practice Teachers for Work with Failing Students, Aldershot, Ashgate.
Using Novels, TV and Film to Promote Anti-racist Social Work Practice
Speakers
Jenny Threlfall, Shirleecia Ward, Polly Sykes and Kelly Devenny – Lecturers and Researchers – University of York – Department of Social Policy and Social Work
Event Summary: Overview of the session
Following on from the Anti-Racist Practice event part of which examined the University of York research project on ‘Supporting Minority Ethnic Students on Placement’. One of the recommendations for the university and teaching partnership was to establish an ongoing book club for practitioners and academic staff around issues of race and diversity.
This session explored the book club project and it’s benefits to academics and practitioners alike. Research tells us that narratives from novels and films are effective in increasing knowledge of diverse communities, promoting empathy and reducing biases. The book club aims to provide a more effective and engaging way of doing diversity training. It provides a ‘safe’ forum where people can talk about race, discusses minority ethnic experiences in the UK and raises awareness of potential biases. In particular, the session will draw out the learnings around the intersection between race and mental health.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
Watch this space for further book club activities.
World Social Work Week Event 2023
Keynote Speaker
Brid Featherstone, Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.
Panel Members
Jenny Threlfall, Lecturer at the University of York – Host
Rob Moriarty, Leeds Centre for Integrated Living
Shantel Thomas, BASW
Violet Cannon, Yorkshire Gypsy Traveller Organisation
Event Summary: Overview of the session
World Social Work Day celebrated and recognised the hard work and dedication of social workers on an international stage. The Keynote Speech by Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield) draws from her current research on domestic abuse and child protection to explored and offered examples of ‘Thinking and doing differently’ in an approach informed by intersectionality. The presentation explored how it can, and is being used to, inform social work practice in the UK and other countries. In addition, a panel session explored the theme ‘Respecting Diversity Through Joint Action in Social Work’.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Event Powerpoint Presentation
- ‘Thinking and doing differently’ An approach informed by intersectionality
- What is intersectionality? | The British Academy
- Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse: A critical appraisal of evidence from the Home Office Review Dr Olumide Adisa and Dr Katherine Allen
June 2021 Final DACR Report 28_06_2021 (1).pdf (uos.ac.uk) - (PDF) Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention (researchgate.net)
- BASW England releases new Domestic Abuse Guidance for social workers | www.basw.co.uk
- Exploring intersectional approaches to prevent violence against women and girls | UN Women – United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
- Violet Cannon – PROUD GYPSY TRAVELLER
- Shantel Thomas – connect with her on twitter @ShantelThomas77, Linked-In: Shantel Thomas or email: shantel@sbtconsultancyservices.co.uk
- Home – Rob Moriarty
BASW Cost of Living Crisis – Support for Social Workers and Students
Following delivery of this session presented by Liz Howard and Josh Dixon we have collated some resources and links that practitioners might find useful.
This was a closed event so the event video is only available to people who work for or study with one of the Partners within the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership. If you would like to access the session please email inspiringsocialwork@calderdale.gov.uk stating your organisation.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- BASW Cost of Living Resources List
- Liz Howard on #StephsPackedLunch highlighting how the cost-of-living crisis is pushing social work to the brink.
- Support – Social Work England
- A Rapid Review of Reflective Supervision in Social Work – SWU Social Workers Union (swu-union.org.uk)
- The Anti-Poverty Practice Guide for Social Work | www.basw.co.uk
- Local Authority Cost of Living Support Sites
- Wellbeing Tools for Care Workers in Coronavirus | Social Care Wales
- Debt Advice – Shelter England – Shelter England
- Citizens Advice
- Fuel Poverty Action
- Debt advice | Free debt advice | National Debtline | National Debtline
- Samaritans | Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen
- See previous event – Cost of Living Crisis and its Implications for Children, Families and Social Work
Cultural Competence and Community Cohesion
Speakers
Imam Abdul Hafeez Siddique, Founder and CEO of The Flowhesion Foundation. He describes himself as a Faith leader, Thought leader, Chaplain and listener in a world of speakers. He is an experienced, qualified Muslim Chaplain and has a strong academic background in community cohesion and social capital research. He has over 10 years experience working with socially excluded immigrant BAME communities and their representatives in Bolton to promote community cohesion and build social capital.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The session explored what we mean by cultural sensitivity. It recognised the importance for Local Authority staff to understand the culture of the service users they work with in order to build effective practice. It discussed what fears and stereotypes some professionals have when working with ethnic groups and religions. It looked at how we can differentiate a cultural issue from other issues.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- The Flowhesion Foundation
- A few different coloured dudes with their outfits should do it!’ – The Flowhesion Foundation
- Cohesion-Coming-of-Age-at-21-TC-Dec-22.pdf (tedcantle.co.uk)
- Community Cohesion and Intercultural Relations | Professor Ted Cantle – Professor Ted Cantle
- Tips for social workers on cultural competence (communitycare.co.uk)
- How social workers can overcome cultural barriers to client dialogue – Community Care
- Culturally competent social work (researchgate.net)
- Home – Belong-The Cohesion and Integration Network (belongnetwork.co.uk)
- PSDP Resources and Tools: Developing-cultural-competence.pdf (rip.org.uk)
- Guidance for Practitioners from Social Care and Health Services in Developing Culturally Competent Practice | www.basw.co.uk
- Family Group Conferences and Cultural Competence in Social Work | The British Journal of Social Work | Oxford Academic
- Cultural Competence Self Assessment Checklist (Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society)
Trauma Informed Practice
Following delivery of this session by Professor David Shemmings OBE PHD which explored how to Recognise Trauma in Individuals. We have collated some resources and links that practitioners might find useful.
This was a closed event so the event video is only available to people who work for or study with one of the Partners within the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership. If you would like to access the session please email inspiringsocialwork@calderdale.gov.uk stating your organisation.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Working definition of trauma-informed practice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Dr. Dan Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain – YouTube
- Marc Calica – Dr Burce Perry’s 3 R’s – Regulate, Relate and Reason – YouTube
- HOME | ChildTrauma Academy
- The Three R’s (beaconhouse.org.uk)
- Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Disorder – YouTube
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. How Is It Different From PTSD? | AJ+ Opinion – YouTube
- The AIR Interview: Dr. Taiwo Afuape | (airforafrica.org)
- Safe Hands Thinking Minds | Relational and developmental trauma in children
- Karen Treisman: Good relationships are the key to healing trauma | TED Talk
- Being-With and Shark Music — Circle of Security International on Vimeo
- Traumatic Bereavement – UKTC (uktraumacouncil.org)
- E-learning – All Our Health: Vulnerabilities and trauma-informed practice – HEE elfh Hub (e-lfh.org.uk)
- What Is Trauma-Informed Practice in Social Work? (vcu.edu)
Transgender Awareness
Speakers
Raegan Persaud, Family Law Barrister at Spire Barristers. Reagan has extensive knowledge and experience of issues relating to gender identity and the difficulties that can be faced when these matters arise. She understands trans issues and the difficulties that trans clients can face during proceedings.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The session will provide a broad overview of relevant terminology, pronouns, titles, and what would likely be general good practice for social workers when working with trans children. It explores the law around the issues of gender identity, particularly in the family sphere and what social workers would need to be aware of. It discussed the pathways to transitioning and what social workers would need to be conscious of with a focus on the medical, social and legal implications.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Equal Treatment Bench Book
- Social work with transgender people (communitycare.co.uk)
- Transgender awareness in child and family social work – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- List of LGBTQ+ terms (stonewall.org.uk)
- An introduction to supporting LGBT children and young people (stonewall.org.uk)
- The truth about trans (stonewall.org.uk)
- Stonewall Forever – A Documentary about the Past, Present and Future of Pride
- What’s the T?: The no-nonsense guide to all things trans and/or non-binary for teens – Author Juno Dawson
- Seahorse: The dad that gave birth (seahorsefilm.com)
- Gendered Intelligence Trans Resource List for Professionals
Positive Risk-Taking in Mental Health
Speakers
Martin Webber, Professor of Social Work at the University of York and Director of the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The session explored positive risk taking in mental health social work. The aim is to shift the focus from risk management to supporting people to safely take risks. It looked at place-based services, connecting people with research and therapeutic risk-taking and recovery. It presented the latest research and initiated discussions about how it can be reflected in practice.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Positive Risk Taking in Mental Health Powerpoint Presentation
- View Martin Webbers Blog or follow him on Twitter @mgoat73
- The NHS Long Term Plan
- The Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults
- Therapeutic relationships, risk, and mental health practice – Felton – 2018 – International Journal of Mental Health Nursing – Wiley Online Library
- Positive risk management: Staff perspectives in acute mental health inpatient settings – Just – 2021 – Journal of Advanced Nursing – Wiley Online Library
- Accounting for Social Perspectives: An Exploratory Study of Approved Mental Health Professional Practice | The British Journal of Social Work | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
- MHA Assessment reducing compulsory psychiatric admissions (nationalelfservice.net)
- [PDF] A Hidden Dynamic: Examining the Impact of Fear on Mental Health Officers’ Decisions to Use Powers of Compulsory Detention | Semantic Scholar
- Service user experiences of Mental Health Act assessment (nationalelfservice.net)
- In relative danger? The outcome of patients discharged by their nearest relative from sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act | Psychiatric Bulletin | Cambridge Core
- Sharing Lived Experience in Mental Health Settings | Jonny Lovell (jonnylovell2.wixsite.com)
- Perspectives on positive risk taking from people diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder : an interpretative phenomenological analysis. – University of Surrey
- Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work and Social Care: Reviewing the Evidence (ilpnetwork.org)
Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
Speakers
Dr Emma Katz, Ph.D. – Author of Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives (Oxford University Press 2022)
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The event explored Domestic Violence and Coercive Control. Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse where perpetrators use a pattern of threats, humiliation or intimation to control and dominate their partner or children, depriving them of independence and isolating them from support. Because coercive control does not always involve physical violence, it has often been under-reported and under-recognised. It was recognised as a criminal offence in England and Wales in 2015.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Event Powerpoint Presentation
- Video – Coercive Control. A puppet on his string – The abuse doesn’t stop when she leaves. Out of Control (@outofhiscontrol) / Twitter
- Coercive control: Impacts on children and young people | Research in Practice
- Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives – Emma Katz – Oxford University Press (oup.com). Use code ASFLYQ6 for 30% off when you buy direct.
- Follow Emma on Twitter @DrEmmaKatz
- Coercive control, domestic violence and a five-factor framework Five factors that influence closeness, distance and strain in mother-child relationships – Hope’s Institutional Research Archive (HIRA)
- Working together with Women’s Aid to help end domestic abuse | Mothers’ Union (mothersunion.org)
- Coercive control and the law – Rights of WomenRights of Women
- Controlling or coercive behaviour statutory guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Cost of Living Crisis and its Implications for Children, Families and Social Work
Speakers
Brid Featherstone, Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The event explored the research evidence on why the cost of living crisis is likely to increase pressures within families and therefore demands upon services. Such services are, however, themselves under increasing strain in the aftermath of Covid and as a result of a decade of austerity. The presentation identified possibilities for policy and practice responses that are poverty-aware and contribute towards supporting children and families in very challenging circumstances.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Cost of Living Event Powerpoint Presentation
- Cost of living crisis | The Institute for Government
- unite-investigates-corporate-profiteering-and-the-col-crisis.pdf (unitetheunion.org)
- The decade that broke Britain: the disastrous decisions that left millions in a cost of living crisis | Politics | The Guardian
- Full-report-relationship-between-poverty-child-abuse-and-neglect.pdf (nuffieldfoundation.org)
- Child Welfare Inequalities Project App by Callum Webb, University of Sheffield: https://www.cwip-app.co.uk/
- A number of anti-poverty frameworks have been developed https://www.basw.co.uk/what-we-do/policy-and-research/anti-poverty-practice-guide-social-work
- Supervisor prompt sheet: https://practice-supervisors.rip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Using-a-social-model-of-child-protection-in-supervision.pdf
Reflective Practice and Self Care
Speakers
Ed Robson and Polly Sykes, Lecturer in Social Work at University of York.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
This seminar will provided the opportunity to reflect on both personal and professional self-care, it discussed the role of organisations in promoting self-care and celebrating achievement in the workplace. They also introduced the ‘Schwartz Rounds’, a group reflective forum for discussing the emotional impact of our work. This session provides evidence of Peer Reflection for your Social Work England CPD record.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Shwartz Rounds Presentation
- Self Care Acts for Front Line Workers
- Self Care Resource Hub
- Professional Quality of Life Measure and Self Care Tools
- Self Care Mental Health Toolkit – Wellbeing & Work | www.basw.co.uk
- Self Care for Social Work Podcast
All Teaching Partnership Local Authorities have resource toolkits available for Practice Educators to use with students on placement. The toolkits include Reflective Practice cards and Self Care cards. Please see your Practice Educator Consultants or NYCC Learning and Development Team.
World Social Work Day Annual Conference 2022
Event Summary: Overview of the session
World Social Work Day is a celebration and recognises the hard work and dedication of social workers on an international stage. For World Social Work Day 2022 the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Social Work Teaching Partnership hosted this virtual event focusing on the World Social Work Day theme.
Guest speaker Dr Anna Gupta explored the theme ‘Leaving No One Behind’ in more depth and answered questions from participants. During the event participants heard lived experiences, engaged in group discussions and had the opportunity to reflect on their own practice.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Conference Presentation
- Leaving No One Behind Presentation – Dr Anna Gupta
- Connors Story – Lived Experience Presentation
Practice Educator Event 2022
Speakers
Keynote Speaker – Dr Suzanne Triggs, Coach Doctor
Sharing Resources Sessions:
Leeanne Olivant, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Huddersfield – ‘The Balloon Model’
Helen Wheat, Practice Educator Consultants, Kirklees Council – Mandela Model
Grace Adams and Ben Groves, CSW/service managers, City of York Council – Social Graces.
Event Summary: Overview of the session
The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Social Work Teaching Partnership recognises the key role that Practice Educators play in ensuring quality social work is taught, practiced and delivered. This event provided a chance for our Partnership Practice Educators to be celebrated, to engage with key topics and people, to learn, reflect and develop.
Resources and Links
The following resources and links were mentioned or are related to the session subject:
- Coaching for Social Change Presentation, Dr Suzanne Triggs
- Balloon and Basket Model Presentation, Leeanne Olivant
- Mandela Model Presentation and Resource Links, Helen Wheat
- Systemic Practice: Briefest of Briefs presentation and resources, Grace Adams and Ben Groves
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 session 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 session 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 session 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 session 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 session 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.
Research Results
The Teaching Partnership commissioned its partner, The University of Huddersfield, to carry out research into the resilience of partner social work teams in the light of the Covid19 pandemic. As part of this research, a usable toolkit was developed as a leaflet using the main themes from the findings of the research. The leaflet is a reference point for social work students and practitioners in working within the context of the pandemic and moving forward. Click on the image below to open the toolkit.
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 Measure and Self Care Tools
- 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