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Message from Lyn Romeo the Chief Social Worker for Adults for the ASYE Digital Skills Initiative

North West London Partnership and @SWSCmedia have collaborated to incorporate digital skills for Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) into the North West London Partnership’s Assisted and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme. Below is…

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Annie Hudson’s message for the ASYE digital skills initiative between @SWSCmedia and North West London Partnership

North West London Partnership and @SWSCmedia have collaborated to incorporate digital skills for Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) into the North West London Partnership’s Assisted and Supported Year in Employment…

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Nushra Mansuri’s message for the ASYE digital skills initiative between @SWSCmedia and North West London Partnership

I am so excited to be writing this blog ahead of the AYSE event on 09 September 2014 hosted by the North West London/West London Alliance Partnership and @SWSCmedia.  First…

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Social Workers’ registration renewal and the HCPC CPD audit

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration renewal period for social workers in England opens on Monday 1 September 2014 and social workers have until 30 November 2014 to…

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Why social workers in England must renew with the HCPC – A message from the HCPC

Below is the message from the HCPC for social workers’ registration renewal which runs from: 1 September to 30 November 2014. The HCPC registration renewal period for social workers in…

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Creating a Culture of Learning

Creating a ‘learning culture’ within local authority Children’s Services is perhaps one of the biggest challenges we face in moving towards the kind of ‘child centered’ system envisaged by Munro….

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Contracting out social care services – An opinion piece by: Jo Moriarty

At first glance, the contracting out of social care services to providers in the private and voluntary sector is nothing new.  Since the late 1980s, local councils have moved so…

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Service User Involvement – Opinion piece by Peter Beresford

This discussion of user involvement all starts with a memory. It’s interesting where trains of thought take you. This one actually started the other day with a long train ride….

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Social Work Education… What needs to change? and where to from here?

In the last twelve months social work has seen some very significant and wide reaching changes ranging from  the closure of General Social Care Council (GSCC) and transfer of social…

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Stand Up for Social Work – by Dr. Simon Duffy

This blog is a first and hesitant step – an attempt to find a pathway out of the current crisis in social work. It is written to provoke thought and…

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