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Click to edit Master title style. CWDC Social Work Projects Mike Lauerman (CWDC) JSWEC Homerton College Cambridge 11 July 2008. Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level. 1. Aims and outcomes of Social Work Projects.

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  1. Click to edit Master title style CWDC Social Work Projects Mike Lauerman (CWDC) JSWEC Homerton College Cambridge 11 July 2008 • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level 1

  2. Aims and outcomes of Social Work Projects To improve the capacity, skills and supply of social workers in children’s services

  3. Challenges • Clarity of social work role • Expectations of educators and trainers • Employer expectations • Career pathway • Retention of practitioners in the front line • Supervision • CPD

  4. Career Pathway Social Work Career Framework

  5. Work streams • Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) • Remodeling Social Work Delivery Pilot (RSWDP) • Early Professional Development for Social • Workers  (EPD) • Fast Track Route to Qualifying as a Social Worker • Support for 'grow your own' social worker • Marketing the social worker role • Career framework for social workers • Social Work Education Partnership • Vision for social workers in a children's setting • Peer to peer support for social workers • Regional Social Worker Recruitment & Retention

  6. Timescales or major milestones • Early professional Development: Autumn 2008 • Newly Qualified Social Workers: 2008/09 • Advanced Practitioner: Spring 2009 • Regional Social Work recruitment and retention: • Current • Marketing campaign: January 2009

  7. Stakeholders • DCSF – Department of Children, Schools and • Families • GSCC – General Social Care Council • HEIs – Higher Education Institutions • ADCS – Association of Directors of Children Services • LGA/LGE - Local Government Association/ Local • Government Employers • SfC - Skills for Care • BASW – British Association of Social Workers • TUs – Trade Unions

  8. Challenges • Complexity of current arrangements • Recruitment and retention • Variations (roles, performance, structures) • Scale and number of initiatives • Times scales • System capacity • Clarification of Outcomes • Risks

  9. Questions • The proposed career framework? • How do HEIs regard the challenges? • Employer expectations of HEIs? • SW expectations of employers? • Professions expectations of HEIs? • Challenge of readiness to practice? • Access to qualifying courses?

  10. Contact details Mike Lauerman Mobile: 07920702670 Email:mike.lauerman@btinternet.com Nikki Prasad Tel: 0113 390 7628 Email: nicola.prasad@cwdcouncil.org.uk CWDC 2nd Floor, City Exchange 11 Albion Street Leeds LS1 5ES Website: www.cwdcouncil.org.uk

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