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Social Work Week 2024 Programme: Thursday 21 March

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The voice of lived experience in social work practice (10am to 11:30am)

Delivered by members of the National Advisory Forum at Social Work England, this session aims to explore ways to amplify voices of lived experience in social work practice, direct work, service design and delivery.

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Why and how pets matter: bringing animals into our social work space (bitesize session) (11:30am to 12pm)

This session explores the role that animals play in the lives of humans, and why it matters. Learn about the significance of the human-animal bond and the importance of social workers practicing from a human and animal-centric perspective.

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How professional regulation contributes to a strong sense of professional identity for social work to attract, train and retain workforce (1pm to 2pm)

Join the leaders of the United Kingdom's 4 social work regulators as they discuss their common experiences of social work regulation. The session looks at the role regulation plays in contributing to a strong sense of professional identity for social work to attract, train and retain workforce.

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Learning from fitness to practise in England through case studies (3pm to 4pm)

Explore, reflect and learn from emerging themes and trends arising from concerns raised about individual social workers fitness to practise in the last 3 years.

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Social work workforce - the story as we see it: research findings 2023 (4pm to 5pm)

Social Work England plans to publish research findings about the social work workforce ahead of Social Work Week. This session will talk through the findings and what this means for the profession.

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Sessions delivered independently

This year we can really see the breadth of social work come to life with over 40 sessions being hosted independently across the week. Click here to see the full list of sessions delivered independently across the week.

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Our 6 professional standards are set out in blocks in 3 columns by 2 rows.

The professional standards are listed as follows:

1. Promote the rights, strengths and wellbeing of people, families and communities.

2. Establish and maintain the trust and confidence of people.

3. Be accountable for the quality of my practice and the decisions I make.

4. Maintain my continuing professional development.

5. Act safely, respectfully and with professional integrity.

6. Promote ethical practice and report concerns.

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