Transcript Document
Autumn 2013
We are supporting
employers to implement
Social Work Reform
Partnerships’ Meeting
Welcome and Introductions
Programme
Updates and Info Exchange
ASYE – Quality Assurance/Promoting
Consistency
ASYE – How we can promote quality
Independent Sector
Focus for next meeting and meeting date
Updates and information
exchange
Employer Transition Fund
26 Partnerships have applied
103 Local Authorities and 11871 qualified
adult social workers included within the
partnerships
Further information requested from some
partnerships
Employer Transition Fund
Final funding amounts have now been
allocated
Minimum funding amount of £2,000.00 with
the remainder of funding divided by the
number of qualified adult social workers
within the partnerships
First wave of funding to be paid in October
Social Work Leadership Toolkit
Launched in June, approx 50 organisations
registered to use 360 Tool
Mentoring service to be launched in
November
Considering extending the 360 tool for social
workers at PCF strategic level
Toolkit to be reviewed and refreshed later this
year – to develop practice examples
Practice Development Educators
Guidance revised following feedback
Learning outcomes, assessment
framework and principles for use
(Aspirational not mandatory)
Guidance to be issued in early
November
Launch event to share implementation
practice on 17th December (London)
SfC / C-ALF Action Learning services –
commercial offer
Consultation
Bespoke action learning facilitation
courses – introductory and certificate
levels
Co facilitation of action learning sets
Open programmes
Effective deployment of social workers in adult
services – 7 stage Model to support decision
making
Consultation opportunity
This tool will be re-launched within a renewed Skills
for Care website in the early New Year 2014
Brief pre-launch consultation is being carried out to
ascertain the views of some potential users that will:
a) Give the tool greater impact and the best chance
of success
b) Create a sustainable model that helps to retain a
high level of relevance
Consultation process
Short online survey
www.skillsforcare.org.uk/swwcconsultation
Two consultation events:
1. Manchester 12th November
2. Nottingham 22nd November
For more information go to: …..
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/events/2013events/effective_wor
kforce_commissioning.aspx
Developing a skilled social work
workforce - CPD
Core principles
Principle 1 - Using the Professional Capabilities Framework
Principle 2 - Work-based assessment
Principle 3 - Reflective supervision & supporting reflective
practice
Principle 4 - Holistic assessment
Principle 5 - Measuring impact
Principle 6 - Portability
Case studies –
Thurrock partnership example
This case study illustrates how a reflective supervision
programme can be designed and delivered across a
partnership. A ‘whole organisation’ approach is
described, supporting the development of the giving and
receiving of reflective supervision practice, using a
flexible blended learning approach including e- learning.
Links to formal academic modules have been
developed………..
Measuring the Impact of CPD
“Impact assessment should focus on
what participants learn, how they use
what they have learned, and the effect
on people being supported and carers
in the short, medium and long-term'.
ASYE - Quality Assurance and promoting
consistency in employer judgements
Guidance issued in summer with practice
suggestions
Five practice examples demonstrating
different models to be published shortly with
sample templates/documents e.g.:
Cyclical process of internal assessment – external
standardisation – internal programme
development
Audit of support and assessment approaches
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Holistic assessment and
documentation
Capabilities statements are not
competencies
How can the construction of the
evidence assist or hamper holistic
assessment
The Assessor Report
Documentation and links to
employment practices
Learning Agreement – why was it set up
in this way?
The importance of regular reviews
Professional development planning and
progression
3rd party assessment
Employer responsibility for assessment
of the ASYE
Employer responsibility for contested or
fail decision of the ASYE
Example of 6 month review document What are the areas of good practice, what
might be improved?
Table 1 - Pages 1 +2. Monitoring the
contractual arrangement.
Table 2 – Pages 2- 4. Evidence of reflective
practice
Table 3 – Pages 5- 7 . Evidence of holistic
assessment
Table 4 – Pages 9-10. Guidance
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