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Navigating AI in Social Work Education

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work. Michael Lynch , LMSW, is a clinical associate professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. She also works with agencies to train staff in Motivational Interviewing.

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Surviving Ofsted: a team manager’s story

Community Care

I was pretty attentive at school and noticed when someone new was in the classroom and the teacher was just that little bit nervous. I’ve been a school governor and fed in to Ofsted inspections in that format too. I got messages like: “Don’t they go in to schools?” Some social workers were interviewed about our audit processes.

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The Victoria Climbié Inquiry chair reflects on social work, 21 years on

Community Care

Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. It has also been adopted by the Department for Education in its 2023 strategy for the sector, Stable Homes, Built on Love.

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Teenagers and Mental Health: A Q&A with Tilly’s Life Center

My Brains Not Broken

Our proactive approach uses experiential learning, journal writing, open discussion, and other activities to guide teens in effectively coping with crisis, adopting healthy habits, and reaching their full potential. The program is available as a high school course via virtual or in-person, an after-school program, or a series of workshops.

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Children waiting up to six weeks to see social workers, as authority downgraded to ‘inadequate’

Community Care

Non-social work staff handling ‘complex safeguarding’ However, Ofsted found that for children who went missing from home or care, return home interviews were not held consistently or in a timely fashion, and often lacked sufficient analysis of the child’s circumstances, meaning they did not contribute to safety planning.

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Over the next five years, the consortium will launch pilot sites that “give youth an active role when decisions are made about their care, including reuniting them with their birth families or placing them in other legally recognized and permanent arrangements,” according to a press release from the University of Washington School of Social Work.

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‘Vital but not fit for purpose’: parents’ views on supervision orders

Community Care

They were based on interviews with 44 parents of 59 children from 13 local authorities in England and Wales. Focus groups put forward parents’ joint recommendations on the reform of supervision orders based on the key recommendations arising from the individual interviews.