Principal Children and Families Social Worker network meeting 18 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Principal Children and Families Social Worker network meeting 18 December 2019

Welcome & minutes of last meeting @PCFSWNetwork Claudia Megele & Carol Sibley National Chair and Vice Chair 2

Chair update Claudia Megele National Chair 3

Communication and Leadership Leadership in communication for PSWs: writing for the media (27 Feb. 2020) https://www.eventsforce.net/mag/847/home Communication in practice leadership: understanding and responding to the media (5 December 2019) • How to make sense of and present complex stories. • Impact and the order of telling. • Strategies for achieving impact quickly when on camera. • Getting the language right for a mass media audience. • Showcasing good practice in developing a good story. • Handling crisis situations. • Different stories for different outlets. 4

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CPD PD Leadership ip Programme • The principal social worker as a system’s leader • These one-day workshops will focus on understanding and applying the principles of systems leadership in the context of the PSW role. • We will focus on the Host Model of Leadership and provide the opportunity for participants to consider the ways in which they apply this in their role. • The facilitators will employ interactive methods that will enable participants to share their thoughts and ideas and learn from each other’s experience. • Festival of leadership practice - Festival of Leadership Practice – One Day National Event 30 April 2020 • This national workshop will celebrate the PSW’s unique leadership role. Drawing on the excellent practice that already exists within the PSW network, we’ll explore the approaches that create most impact. PSWs will be encouraged to reflect upon their individual leadership style and consider ways in which this can be enhanced. This will be a very interactive and practice-based event, with plenty of opportunity to learn from each other. 7

and in media partnership with: PCFSW SW Research & Pract ctice Development Project ct Partners 8

PSW Research ch & Pract ctice ce Development Project ct • For our survey we have had 1753 participants. • 20 active local authority partners. • Our interim results were presented on 18 November at King’s College Conference in our MRC Conference and were well received. • A number of additional local authorities and nataionl organisation have expressed interest to join the project and have requested to postpone the deadline for the survey. • Therefore, we are extending the deadline for completion of survey to 15 February 2020. 9

Vice Chair update Carol Sibley Vice Chair 10

National Child Safeguarding panel Isabelle Trowler Chief Social Worker 11

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Enabling positive change in social work

Who we are Social Work England is a specialist body taking a new approach to regulating social workers in their vital roles. We believe in the power of collaboration and share a common goal with those we regulate – to protect the public, enable positive change and ultimately improve people’s lives

Our Journey So Far…. • Children and Social Work Bill received royal assent on 28 April 2017. • Social Workers Regulations 2018 laid before Parliament on 22 July 2018. • Chair, CEO and Executive Leadership Team fully appointed by December 2018. • Operational base in Sheffield opened in December 2018. • We published our appointment rules on 31 January 2019 following a public consultation. • We launched our brand in February 2019. • Ongoing recruitment. • Consultation on rules and standards – March to May 2019. • Regional Engagement Team Established in June 2019 • CPD consultation – October to November 2019 • 2 nd December 2019 – Go live

16 We….. • Set professional standards for social workers in England, including continuous professional development standards. • Will hold the register for circa 96,000 social workers. • Set initial education and training standards and approve qualifying courses. • Evaluate social workers’ continuing professional development. • Approve post qualifying courses for persons who are, or wish to become, approved to act as approved mental health professionals and courses for persons who are, or wish to become, approved to act as best interest assessors. • Handle concerns raised to us about a social worker and assess whether a social worker’s practice has fallen short of the professional standards.

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18 Reflections on go live • Day 1 - 4.4K hits on the website & 255 calls • 19% of Social Workers have authenticated their online account as of 13/12/19 • Go live video on Twitter seen 6.8k times • Sense of positivity

Regional Engagement Team Engage , collaborate and coproduce with: • Social workers • People with lived experience • Social work educators and trainers • Social work students • Partner organisations • Social work employers …to raise the standards of social work, and raise the profile of the profession …by supporting stakeholders to embed our professional standards and standards of education and training and to identify emerging trends, themes and issues and gather information and intelligence to inform our approach to regulation

So far… • We have make direct contact with 1600+ social Headlines workers • Positive response • CPD • Held 3 regional events with 100+ attendees • Fees • Student registration • 3 Twitter Q&A sessions • Online account • Met with BASW • National conference • Met with OFSTED • Regional engagement • Made contact with all Local Authorities • Engagement survey

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CPD Process – Year 1 By end of year, social Social worker CPD year Social worker worker ensures they records in starts carries out CPD have met our online account requirements Regulator determines which Regulator selects 2.5% Social worker confirms at point social workers have not sample from social workers of renewal that they continue uploaded any CPD and that have uploaded CPD, to uphold the professional determines an appropriate notifies them and confirms standards, which include course of action they are valid CPD entries requirements around CPD

Recording CPD – My Social Work England Account • Social Work England provide an online account for all social workers • Social workers are required to upload their CPD • There are template options to upload your CPD

Professional Standards relating to CPD 4. As a social worker, I will: 4.5. Contribute to an open and creative learning culture 4.1. Incorporate feedback from a range of sources, in the workplace to discuss, reflect on and share best including from people with lived experience of my social work practice. practice. 4.6. Reflect on my learning activities and evidence what 4.2. Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on, and identify my learning needs, including how I use impact continuous professional development has on the research and evidence to inform my practice. quality of my practice. 4.3. Keep my practice up to date and record how I use 4.7. Record my learning and reflection on a regular basis research, theories and frameworks to inform my and in accordance with Social Work England’s guidance practice and my professional judgement. on continuing professional development. 4.4. Demonstrate good subject knowledge on key 4.8. Reflect on my own values and challenge the impact aspects of social work practice and develop knowledge they have on my practice. of current issues in society and politics impacting on social work.

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Next steps… 1. Look out for an email from Social Work England – check our website for updates socialworkengland.org.uk 2. Set up an online account with Social Work England

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Developing Principles for Good Practice when working with Domestic Abuse Pam Ledward & Robert Tapsfield Family Rights Group 32

Pam Ledward Principal Social Work Adviser Robert Tapsfield Independent Consultant www.frg.org.uk

Family Rights Group’s advice service There has been a stark rise in calls from mothers experiencing domestic abuse contacting FRG for advice about children’s services involvement – from 16% of callers overall in 2007/8 to 68% of callers overall in 2018/19. Information from the advice service shows that mothers who have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse often feel unsupported by children’s services and that the child protection process can compound their experience of being victims. The onus is still often exclusively on mothers to demonstrate they can protect their child, with fathers and father figures too often not held accountable or overlooked. www.frg.org.uk 34

Keeping Safe project Funded by Trust for London the project aimed to enable women in London who are survivors of domestic abuse to be in a position to make informed decisions and influence what happens to their children when social workers are involved. Joint project with Rights of Women since February 2014. The advisory board included specialist workers from Refuge, Women’s Aid, SafeLives , Solace, DVIP, children’s services representatives, and mothers with experience of the child welfare system. www.frg.org.uk 35