From always carrying a spare pen to tools to ease service users’ stress in difficult situations, Lindsay Giddings, lecturer in social work at The Open University, share her tips for NQSWs going into practice.
Ensure the highest calibre of social work students with the attributes, competencies and passion needed to thrive in the profession are recruited to our academic programmes.
Develop a curriculum that aligns with local need and is grounded not only in research and the CSWs’ KSS, but also in practice.
Give students the experience and support they need to ensure they are ready to practice within our region as Newly Qualified Social Workers.
Ensure practice across our region is consistently informed by theory and research and that academics’ teaching is equally informed by practice.
Create regional progression pathways and CPD opportunities capable of attracting and retaining the best and brightest social workers in the UK.
Better understand our regional labour market to enable us to develop a robust plan to meet our partnership’s current and future workforce demands.