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Axing leadership training scheme risks undermining support for social workers, warn PSWs

Community Care

The government’s axing of a social work leadership training scheme risks undermining support for practitioners as well as the retention of managers, principal social workers have warned.

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Social workers to face return to practice requirements in Scotland

Community Care

Qualified social workers who have been out of practice for at least two years will face minimum learning requirements if they want to rejoin the register in Scotland. Regulator the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has launched a consultation on introducing return to practice requirements similar to those in England and Wales.

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Social Work England consults on best interests assessor training standards

Community Care

Social Work England is seeking views on proposed standards it will use to approve and monitor best interests assessor (BIA) training courses. “I think we need providers to respond to the consultation [on this point],” she said.

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How equipped is children’s social work for digital safeguarding?

Community Care

Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. Pandemic experience The use of digital communications was inevitable through the pandemic.

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Authentic Beauty – Reflections for Women Social Workers

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

Welcome Welcome to the REAL Social Workers Online Magazine this is the place where we support and encourage social workers, like me, through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. As social workers, we know beauty is not one-dimensional. As social workers, we have so much to offer.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

You asked, what are the 10 roles of social workers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of social workers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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

Community Care

It is the worst case of child abuse and neglect that I have ever seen,” said a hospital consultant who treated Victoria in her final days. Looking back now, Laming says poor communication between services was the catalyst behind their failure to save Victoria.