This is Social Work podcast
An original podcast from Social Work England
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This Is Social Work is a podcast from Social Work England, the specialist regulator for social work across England.
Hosted by our very own regional engagement leads and together with people with lived and learned experiences of social work, we’ll be exploring the social work profession in more depth.
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In this episode, Phil Hallam, executive director of regulation at Social Work England, talks to social worker and regional engagement lead, Kate Metcalf, about why regulation matters to the profession.
Course inspections help to ensure that when students graduate and qualify, they are able to meet the professional standards. Our latest ‘This is social work’ podcast discusses what makes for a positive regulatory inspections experience? Our education equality assurance officers discuss with regional engagement lead and social worker Kate, and Dr David Galley of Solent University.
Our latest ‘This is social work’ podcast discusses the perceptions of social work and how we want to change the script on social work. Exploring what social work means to different people, how social work as a profession is viewed by the public and what myths persist about this often misunderstood profession.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to our work as an effective regulator and employer. They are inherent in our values, which are to be fearless, independent, transparent, ambitious, collaborative, and to act with integrity.
As part of our equality, diversity and inclusion action plan we made a commitment to better understand the social work profession. We’re doing this by actively seeking diversity data from social workers on our register, to continue to ensure our processes are fair and to set a benchmark for further insight.
To support this work, and following a successful first podcast season, these special podcast episodes, ‘Let’s Talk…Diversity Data’ will focus solely on diversity data collection.
Part 2
In the second episode, we speak to Andrea Stone, service director for Children's Social Care in Dudley and Emina Atic-Lee, service manager at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and a member of our National Advisory Forum. The forum provides expert advice, support and challenge to our work and how we achieve our objectives. Both have been registered social workers for over 20 years. They talk to us about why diversity data collection is key to practice and highlight its importance.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to our work as an effective regulator and employer. They are inherent in our values, which are to be fearless, independent, transparent, ambitious, collaborative, and to act with integrity.
As part of our equality, diversity and inclusion action plan we made a commitment to better understand the social work profession. We’re doing this by actively seeking diversity data from social workers on our register, to continue to ensure our processes are fair and to set a benchmark for further insight.
To support this work, and following a successful first podcast season, these special podcast episodes, ‘Let’s Talk…Diversity Data’ will focus solely on diversity data collection.
Part 1
In the first of our one-off episodes, our head of equality, diversity and inclusion, Ahmina Akhtar is joined by Duc Tran, co-chair of the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group for the British Association of Social Workers and Transformation Programme Manager at Brent Council. Together with Catherine Witt, regional engagement lead for the northeast and the Humber at Social Work England, they share what the collection of diversity data means to their organisations and outline its importance for the social work sector.
17 November 2021
Our regional engagement lead Philippa discusses standard 6 with principal social worker's Fran and Julie. They explore fitness to practise concerns, what it means to promote ethical practice and the importance of building safe spaces for reflection.
10 November 2021
Our regional engagement leads Matthew and Philippa are joined by social worker and social media advocate Kayleigh Rose Evans as they focus on the social media aspect of professional standard 5, sharing their experiences of balancing social work and digital social spaces.
4 November 2021
In this episode, regional engagement lead Matthew is joined by social workers Lisa and Louise, as they explore professional standard 4, sharing their experiences of engaging with CPD, and how they’ve involved peers and people with lived experience to reflect and inform their practice.
28 October 2021
In this episode, regional engagement lead Matthew explores professional standard 3, be accountable for the quality of my practice and the decisions I make, with social workers George and Calum as they share their unique experiences of social work practice, decision making and safeguarding.
20 October 2021
Our regional engagement leads discuss professional standard 2, and National Advisory Forum member Ify and Derren, a young person with lived experience of social work, share their experiences of building relationships with their social workers.
13 October 2021
Head of equality, diversity and inclusion Ahmina Akhtar explores professional standard 1 with National Advisory Forum member Isaac and Sharon, chair of National Independent Reviewing Officer Manager’s Partnership.
8 October 2021
An introduction to our new podcast and more information about our first season focusing on the professional standards.
Reflecting on this podcast and recording CPD
You could use this podcast for your continuing professional development (CPD). Reflect on what you have learned from listening to the podcast, and how you will apply it to your practice. Record it on your online account to meet the CPD requirement.
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