Social Work Week is back and as always Social Work England are running a huge range of CPD, conversations and events throughout this week. We’ve picked out some of our favourites below, but with so much choice it’s worth looking at the full programme. 

Remember, there are two programmes to check, so watch out for clashes! 

• SWE Led Events
• Independent events

You can also watch past recordings from Social Work Week 2023 on the SWE Site

Our pick of the Social Work Week sessions:

Monday 18th March

• Shared Lives: helping people with support needs make the transition from children to adult care (11:30am to 12pm)
• Let’s talk children’s social care reform and the Early Career Framework (1pm to 2pm)

Tuesday 19th March

• Independent session: Love led practice for children’s social care (2pm to 3.30pm)

Wednesday 20th March

• Promoting diversity and cultural sensitivity in social work (11am to 11:30am)
• “Who am I? That's the great puzzle." - What is social work in child and adolescent mental health? (1:30pm to 2:30pm)

Thursday 21st March

• Independent session: Our voices, your learning: exploring cultural competency with care-experienced young people (3:30pm to 5pm)
• How and why pets matter: bringing animals into our social work space (11:30am to 12pm)
  Friday 22nd March
• Independent session: Breaking down the barriers of working with parents who have previous experiences of social care (1pm to 2pm)
• Kinship care: hidden heroes (11:30am to 12pm)

Friday 22^nd March

• Independent session: Breaking down the barriers of working with parents who have previous experiences of social care (1pm to 2pm)
• Kinship care: hidden heroes (11:30am to 12pm)