Social workers have to make important decisions every day about the lives of children and families with whom they work. These decisions are often complex, are influenced by a wide range of factors and have a big impact on the future of children who are at risk of harm. The What Works Centre has recently […]
The Social Worker of the Year Awards are national social work awards recognising the challenges faced by social workers, celebrating their achievements, and promoting best practice at a national level. There are 16 award categories in total, which cover the full range of social work practice and include awards for individuals, teams and employers. Children’s […]
World Social Work Day 2019 on the 19th March highlights ‘Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships’. World Social Work Day is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to celebrate the achievements of the profession. They take the theme message into their communities, workplaces and to their governments to raise […]
Our new campaign aims to reveal more of what Children’s Social Work is really like and the difference our social workers make in the lives of thousands of vulnerable children and families, is being launched by Children’s Social Work Matters in Yorkshire and the Humber. The ‘Improving Lives‘ campaign is fronted by some of our […]
South Yorkshire Teaching Partnership are proud to be hosting a Film Festival dedicated to showcasing films from experts by experience – children, young people and adults. They are screening films designed to inform, challenge and inspire positioned within the world of social care or with transferable messages. They will showcase films designed to impact on […]
This latest round of Step Up To Social Work applications opened on 4th February and will close on the 18th of March 2019. The Yorkshire and Humberside regional partnership has secured 47 places on the next Step up programme (cohort 6). The North and West Yorkshire regional partnership has secured 28 places on the next […]
What a fantastic celebratory evening at the Social Worker of the Year Awards on Friday 30th November in London. Social Workers all over the country work tirelessly to help and support vulnerable children and families and it’s fantastic to see their hard work acknowledged and celebrated at such a prestigious national awards event. Children’s Social […]
Social Work England is currently developing its identity to become the new specialist regulator for social workers in England. They are working with Hemingway Design to develop their visual identity and values. As part of the design and build of their new organisation, they are welcoming views, aspirations and ideas of colleagues in the social work sector, to help […]
Details for the next cohort of the Step up to Social Work fast-track training programme have been released. The next round of applications will open in February 2019, with successful applicants beginning their training in January the following year. Potential applicants can register via the gov.uk site to receive a notification when applications are open. […]
Children’s Social Work Matters (CSWM) is delighted to be sponsoring the ‘Newly Qualified Children’s Social Worker of the Year’ category at this years’ prestigious national Social Worker of the Year Awards. Children’s Social Work really does matter and that’s why the 15 local authorities / trust across Yorkshire and the Humber came together to work in […]