Adult Principal Social Workers network meeting 05 February 2020
Twitter - @PSW022020 Facebook - Adult PSW Network Last minutes are available on the website https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Learning- development/social-work/principal-social- workers/adults/Adults.aspx Twitter - @AdultPSWNetwork Facebook – Adult PSW Network
New PSW’s? Twitter - @AdultPSWNetwork Facebook – Adult PSW Network
Chairs update • Consultation with ICP (The Institute of Public Care) about the refresh of ASCOF measures • Two webinars to be released – aspiring and new PSW’s • Meeting with President/Vice President of ADASS to look at the PSW role in ADASS. • Video for Return to SW, Video and Podcast for NICE • Judge for Skills for Care Awards • World SW Day (see flyer) Twitter - @AdultPSWNetwork Facebook – Adult PSW Network
Theme: PSW Survey • https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2019/11/28/almost-half- principal-social-workers-spending-two-days-less-psw-role-survey- finds/ • 144 PSWs who responded to the survey (41% of the total number), 81 worked in adults’ services, 60 worked in children’s services and 3 covered both. • Three-quarters of respondents were female • 86% were white • two-thirds were aged 45-59 • 3% had a disability Twitter - @AdultPSWNetwork Facebook – Adult PSW Network
“The PSW network takes diversity seriously and we wish to welcome social workers into the PSW role from a wide range of backgrounds, beliefs, experience and culture” Twitter - @AdultPSWNetwork Facebook – Adult PSW Network
Recommendations 1. Facilitating flexible ways for cascading information and improving networking beyond of the meeting cycle 2. Ensuring opportunities for PSWs to share their successes and good practice examples will have multiple benefits including raising the profile of PSW role and impact, supporting shared learning, avoiding duplication of effort and improving consistency of approach 3. Creating opportunities for PSWs to learn and develop in their role, support for mentoring/buddying arrangements between new and established PSWs 4. Continued activity is required to promote the role and profile of PSWs. Opportunities to influence and shape national policy are seen as valuable and should continue to be explored. 5. Further opportunities for CPD Twitter - @AdultPSWNetwork Facebook – Adult PSW Network
Chief Social Workers National Update Fran Leddra Chief Social Worker and Mark Trewin Mental Health Lead DHSC February 2020 PSW Network Meeting
Our First 4 Months • Engaging with all the policy work across Departments • Fully involved in Social Work transformation including White Paper • Actively involved in briefing Ministers • Firmly imbedded in the LPS work • Autism Strategy and the review of social work in PFA work • When You Care Every Day Makes A Difference recruitment campaign • Attended Social Work awards and Skills for Care Accolades • Roll out of Supervisors Standards development programme 9
Looking Forward : • Autism : Review of Social work when preparing for adulthood • Supervisors Development : As PSW how are you going to embed? • Annual report Priorities • ADASS Spring Conference • Guidance on Safeguarding People with Dementia • Loneliness Study for Social Work • Social Work in Disasters Practice Guidance
Mental Health Social Work Lead - Update Mark Trewin: MHSW lead, office of the chief social worker
The CSW role: Social Work and Partnerships From the CSW annual report 2019: • To promote the value and contribution that social work and social workers bring to the health and social care system • To strengthen social work in integrated mental health services, community and hospital health care services and specialist mental health and mental capacity roles • To promote new models of integration and partnership working where social work values are respected Social Work with Adults - the National
Social Work at the heart of Govt policy Policy advice: - Green Paper Prevention - Social Care reform - Liberty Protection Safeguards - Breathing Space
Partnership Working: Drivers: Challenges: Govt Plans for Social Care Organisational rather than personal NHSE Long Term Plan Separate funding arrangements NHSE Community MH Framework Different cultures and objectives STP/ICS/Health and Wellbeing boards Separate performance criteria Better Care Fund Leadership on all sides MHA review: s117, care planning Pressures of Austerity Care Act, Equality Act, HRA Care Act and MCA Children and Families Act 2014 Demand management/flow
The HEE ‘New Roles’ in mental health project • 8 groups exploring new and enhanced SW roles across all parts of MH services: Pharmacy; Physicians Associates; Psychology; Nursing; Nursing Associates; OT/AHP; Peer Support; Social Work • Work within the key enablers of workforce: Transformation/improvement; Supply, UpSkilling, New Roles, New Ways of Working, Leadership • The Social Work Task and Finish group developed a list of possible projects to develop integrated health and Social Care services across all aspects of MH – supported by £400K from HEE.
New roles in MH Social Work Implementation group We have two Feb 2020 conferences organised to launch the work we are doing: 1. Development practical support for NHS Trusts employing social workers 2. Developing and supporting the AMHP role: Briefings, E learning, Videos 3. Developing CPD, career pathway and post qualifying support for SWs in Mental Health services, with Social Work England 4. Commissioning NHS Benchmarking to undertake a comprehensive Data survey of MHSW and AMHPs across all agencies 5. Developing models of partnership via Social Work for better MH project 6. Developing a specific web page for MHSWs 7. Support for Forensic SW around standards and social supervision 8. Developing joint working with Children’s Social Care at DoE
Social Work for Better Mental Health • Launched in 2016 with a strategic statement, a self evaluation and the views of service users • Professional Leadership, staff opinions, organisational development all considered • 62 locations with social workers in integrated MH Trusts have completed the process • Learning about 20 years of integration in MH services - why organisations have struggled or succeeded. Developing new models of partnership & integration
Making the NHS a good place to work for Social Workers Ensure that SW is well led and linked to the LA and teaching partnerships Ensure the professional needs of SW as a regulated profession is respected Ensure effective multidisciplinary team working that values social work Enabling practice development through CPD and post qualifying training Ensure that performance management systems are relevant for social work Enabling engagement and wellbeing with the SW workforce Ensure that there is a diverse workforce at all levels Be clear how the SW workforce is valued and making a difference Work with HEE; NHS Employers, NHS CONFED, NHS England and the NHS People Plan
Workforce, New Roles and AMHPs • Development of an AMHP workforce plan and standards agreed across DHSC, LGA, NHSE, HEE, Skills for Care, AMHP leads group, ADASS, Social Work England etc • Developed to promote a consistence approach to the AMHP role and support of AMHPs with AMHP Service standards. • Development of the AC/RC role across 4 professions • Support understanding of AMHP role in govt departments. Implement MHA review White Paper + APPG recs • Joint London arrangements; spending review bids etc
MHA Review and LT Plan: SW workforce issues Community MH Framework : • 660 proposed new SW staff • A new framework for integrated community MH services - A strength based model with joint commissioning across health and Soc Care • Development of regional ICS workforce plans across agencies • MHA Review: • Consistent availability & New roles for AMHPs - based on workforce predictions • S12 Dr availability issues
Fast Track MH Social Work programme • DHSC funded for 5 yrs - currently out to procurement • Producing 100 new MH Social Workers each year • Targeting people with existing degrees or careers to transfer to social work • Based in integrated LA/NHS Community Mental Health teams – most join NHS MH services • HEE considering how to support the project in future
The Living Room project Maff Potts, Camerados
Digital Capabilities for Social Work Mark Nicholas, NHS England Godfred Boahen, BASW
PSW Regional support, activity and impact Table discussions
Lunch
Enabling positive change in social work Jess McEwen Regional Engagement Lead (Midlands) jess.mcewen@socialworkengland.org.uk Andrew Fellows CPD Quality Assurance Manager andrew.fellows@socialworkengland.org.uk
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