Social work’s key bodies and organisations are under radical transformation. If you are uncertain how this will affect your rights and requirements as a professional, this is your opportunity to have your questions answered by our expert panel comprising the top social work professional bodies.
To take advantage of the Advice Clinic and it’s experts, please sign-up at the clinic on arrival.
Leading organisations taking part in the Advice Clinic include:
Approved Mental Health Professionals - AMHP
Social Care Association - SCA
Voice Young People
Croydon Borough Council
Action for Children
Community Care Inform
The College of Social Work
Barnardos
Health Professions Council - HPC
UNISON
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - NSPCC
General Social Care Council - GSCC
Children's Workforce Development Council - CWDC
Coram
Spurgon
The areas that will be discussed at the Advice Clinic include:
- Children in Care how to improve outcomes for them
- Participation of young people in their care planning
- 'Managing' your Manager - how to make the most of your supervisor and supervision
- The benefits of 'contracted' work with young people and their families
- Working with disabled children and their families. Understanding the dynamics
- Child protection
- Therapy in a crisis intervention setting
- Whole family approach to working
- Work with families where parents are using drugs or alcohol
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Education and careers advice for Newly Qualified Social Workers
- General advice and good contacts with other social work organisations
- Information about NQSW and RTSW Programs
- Child Protection and Court Work
- Looked After Children
- Working in a Duty/Intake Team
- Initial, Core, and Pre-birth assessments
- Experience in long term work
- Working complex cases
- General enquires on statutory work in a local authority setting
- Social work with children and families within the voluntary sector
Programme content is under development and may change at short notice, subject to speaker availability. We recommend you check these pages regularly for updates.
Seating at sessions is available on a first come, first served basis. Conference programme may change at short notice, so please refer to the web site for the latest updates.