Teaching Partnership Professors among Top 100 in the World
Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership would like to congratulate 2 of our Social Work professors. Following a recent global study on career impact in the profession two professors from University of Huddersfield have been recognised for their contributions to Social Work. The study provides the first empirical picture of leading social work scholars from […]
Read articleAward for ‘Taking Back the Language of Care’ Campaign
Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership would like to congratulate the North Yorkshire Care Champions on winning the Campaign Award at the A National Voice ‘Amplify Awards’ for their taking back the language of care campaign. The training film, produced by the Teaching Partnership was developed and starred care leavers and young people in care […]
Read articleWorld Social Work Day – 15th March 2022
World Social Work Day takes place on the 15th March 2022. This years theme: ´Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind´ coincides with the theme of the people´s summit that will take place on the 29th June to the 2nd July. The theme presents a vision and action plan to create new global […]
Read articleAdvice on being a social work student during a pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the entire world, with health and social care professionals playing an integral role throughout. Social workers have had to quickly adapt their practice to respond to unprecedented situations in a time of health, social and economic crises. Many social workers have been working through anxiety and […]
Read articleLecturer Practitioners — Straddling the Divide between the Field and Classroom
The Department of Education’s evaluation into Social Work Teaching Partnerships (SWTPs) identified that there has been increased activity in the embedding of joint learning between practitioners and academics (Interface Associates, 2020). This article will reflect on the lecturer practitioner role introduced in one HEI, which has provided a vehicle to bring closer together the two […]
Read articlePractice Educator Awards 2021
This years World Social Work Day Event celebrated the Teaching Parnerships first ‘Practice Educator of the Year Awards’. This was a particularly poignant moment for the Teaching Partnership as the inaugural award was dedicated to Mr Martin Hunt who had sadly passed away last year. Martin had worked within Kirklees Local Authority for many years […]
Read articleWorld Social Work Day Event 2021
Solidarity and global connectedness shone through at this virtual event hosted by the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership. Each year social workers across the world stand together to mark World Social Work Day and focus on a Global Social Work Agenda. This year was no exception, despite the global pandemic, social workers across the […]
Read articlePractitioner Led Research Projects
Four Social Workers from Local Authorities within the partnership are bringing together theory and practice through undertaking postgraduate research degrees funded by the partnership. Research degrees are advanced level postgraduate degrees that allow students to work alongside renowned experts in their academic field, training them in research techniques and methodologies and supporting them to undertake an […]
Read articleHow Practice Has Changed as a Result of Covid-19
A series of interviews with professionals who share their experiences of how practice has changed as a result of Covid-19.
Read articleCovid 19 – Building Relationships – A day in the life of ….
With us all adapting to a new ways of working to provide vital support we have taken a look at some of the experiences of front line staff. Read the day in the life case studies of 2 Social workers working under lock down in a role that is based on building relationships.
Read articleSocial Work Leadership Event and Development Day
The event on 26th February 2020 saw over 60 delegates come together to hear senior representatives from across the Partnership talk about the importance of strong leadership in social work. Read more about the event including links to the presentation.
Read articleNational Teaching Partnership Conference 2019
The Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership welcomed representatives from Teaching Partnerships across the country and partner agencies to Liverpool on 14th November 2019 for the National Teaching Partnership Conference. The theme of the conference was “celebrating success and sharing best practice” and a packed agenda ran through the day with sessions on sustainability […]
Read articleDigital Technology and Social Work Practice
Social work practice and the needs of people who use services should drive the development and use of digital technology. A report published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), reveals that social workers want to engage with digital technology. However, they want it to enable […]
Read articleLiberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) – Latest Developments
How DoLS became LPS. Article 5 of the Human Rights Act states that ‘everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his or her liberty [unless] in accordance with a procedure prescribed in law’. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is the procedure prescribed in law when […]
Read articleReturn to Social Work campaign reignited
The Local Government Authority (LGA) has teamed up with the Government Equalities Office to reignite the Return to Social Work programme following its success in 2017. Social workers are highly qualified professionals and do one of the most important, challenging jobs across local government. They do an incredible job every single day, but too many […]
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