Greater Manchester Social Work Academy have collaborated with their partners to created a series of drop in sessions for Practice Educators/ On site supervisors/ mentors, anyone who supports student on placement. These sessions are an opportunity for all to come together to meet other PEs etc from across GM. And an opportunity to share experiences/ knowledge/ ideas and issues with one another in a safe place. Each drop in will be facilitated by a University placement rep and Local Authority rep, who will be able to support and provide guidance from both sectors. When you register for the event you will be ask to provide an agenda item for the drop in. These items will be shared with the facilitators prior to session so that they are prepared for the session. To register click here GMSWA PE/ OSS/ Mentor Drop In Session Tickets, Tue 10 Jun 2025 at 12:00 | Eventbrite
Greater Manchester Social Work Academy have collaborated with their partners to created a series of drop in sessions for Practice Educators/ On site supervisors/ mentors, anyone who supports student on placement. These sessions are an opportunity for all to come together to meet other PEs etc from across GM. And an opportunity to share experiences/ knowledge/ ideas and issues with one another in a safe place. Each drop in will be facilitated by a University placement rep and Local Authority rep, who will be able to support and provide guidance from both sectors. When you register for the event you will be ask to provide an agenda item for the drop in. These items will be shared with the facilitators prior to session so that they are prepared for the session. To register click here GMSWA PE/ OSS/ Mentor Drop In Session Tickets, Wed 14 May 2025 at 12:00 | Eventbrite
These masterclasses are online events from the partner agencies in the Greater Manchester Social Work Academy, supporting the professional development of our Practice Educator community in Greater Manchester. In this masterclass we will cover: Overview of process for stage 1 Importance of Continuous Professional Development in Practice Education. Portfolio requirements Demonstrating capabilities against PEPS. (Practice Educator Standards) Sourcing opportunities to demonstrate Practice Education capabilities To register click here Practice Educator Masterclass – Preparation for Stage 2 Tickets, Wed 4 Jun 2025 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
These masterclasses are online events from the partner agencies in the Greater Manchester Social Work Academy, supporting the professional development of our Practice Educator community in Greater Manchester. In this masterclass we will cover: Overview of process for stage 1 Importance of Continuous Professional Development in Practice Education. Portfolio requirements Demonstrating capabilities against PEPS. (Practice Educator Standards) Sourcing opportunities to demonstrate Practice Education capabilities To register click here Practice Educator Masterclass – Preparation for Stage 1 Tickets, Wed 4 Jun 2025 at 10:00 | Eventbrite
These masterclasses are online events from the partner agencies in the Greater Manchester Social Work Academy, supporting the professional development of our Practice Educator community in Greater Manchester. In this masterclass we will cover: To revisit principles of holistic assessment To explore report writing including preparing to write the report To share good practice To undertake CPD which can be used as evidence for SWE registration To Register click here Practice Educator Masterclass – Holistic Assessment and Report Writing Tickets, Fri 16 May 2025 at 10:00 | Eventbrite
Sarah is a social worker, lecturer and PhD researcher with over 16 years’ experience working in the family court as a social worker and children’s guardian. During this session, Sarah will present on some emerging findings from her research, which is exploring how the culture and processes of the family court could be improved, for the benefit of families who have to attend in child protection (care proceedings) cases. Movements towards a more therapeutic and transparent approach will be discussed. There will also be time for questions and a conversation about how practitioners might best support families and advocate for their needs in this unusually formal environment. To register for this event please follow this link Improving Family Court culture Tickets, Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite
Moving Social Work is a co-produced and strength-based training programme designed to empower social workers in promoting physical activity – moving more often for social justice, wellbeing, and good health. This training has been called for by service users who want more richer conversations about moving a little more often. The training has been co-produced with and by social workers and service users, including over 100 disabled people. To register for this event please follow this link Moving Social Work Training Tickets, Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
An opportunity to hear from Richard and Hannah and their work on the “making it real Board at Stockport Council and Colleagues from Gaddum (www.Gaddum.org.uk) sharing their insights on a commissioning projecct “You are helping me by listening” All are eager to answer your questions on what they look for from a their social worker and what makes ‘you’ the right person to support them.During the panel Q&A session: Each panel member will provide a brief introduction and share their lived experience Answer questions from those in attendance Answer questions submitted ahead of the event Panel members: Lived experience colleagues from Gaddum (Gaddum – Gaddum) Sofija Zindule and Kenzye Roberts, sharing insights of their work with commissioners and project – “You are helping me by Listening”. HannahCummins is the co-chair of the Stockport Making-it-Real Board and also the co-trainer of Stockport Gloriously Ordinary Lives training program specifically aimed at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council social care team. Prior to her current roles, she has many years experience in the health and social care sector. She has a range of long-term health conditions and invisible disabilities. Away from co-chairing, and co-training duties, she enjoys horse-riding in particular as well as reading and gaming. She was recently awarded the title of Stockport Gloriously Ordinary Lives ambassador for 2024 Richard Currie has over 40 years lived experience of living with a physical impairment and social and emotional distress. He has over 20 years experience of using Direct Payment to support him to live inter-dependently. Prior ot his current role, he worked as a lived experience researcher for the Mcpin Foundation. He has published numerous book chapters and articles in the field of mental health and disability studies. He is a lifetime member of the Great Manchester Coalition of Disabled People and a trustee of Breakthrough UK, a disabled people organisation that help support those with a long term health condition and/or disability into employment. To register for this event please follow this link Using Lived Experience to help make positive change in Adult Social Care. Tickets, Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
How is racism understood in literature about the experiences of black and minority ethnic social work students in Britain? A Conceptual review.
Dr Dharman Jeyasingham and Dr Julie Morton (Social Work Education, 38 (5), pp 563-575)
Abstract
This article presents findings from a study which explored the everyday ways race works on social work programmes in England. The study focused on how race was spoken about and conceptualised, how people were categorised and ordered according to race and the social interactions where race was understood by participants to be significant. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight social work lecturers and nineteen black social work students at two universities in England, to explore the following topics: classroom-based and practice learning, assessment and feedback, interactions between students and between students and educators, and university and practice agency cultures. Data were analysed using thematic analysis and the following themes identified: the routine interpellation of black students and communities in terms of absolute cultural differences, black students’ everyday experiences of marginalisation, hostility and othering, and the racialisation of black students in judgements made about their academic and practice performance. The article concludes that social work education must engage more deeply with contemporary theorisations of race and culture, and that social work educators need a reflexive understanding of how notions such as diversity, equality and universal academic standards are put into practice in ways that marginalise and devalue black students.
Children’s social workers agile working practice and experiences beyond the office
Dr Dharman Jeyasingham, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 49, Issue 3, April 2019, Pages 559-576, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy077
Abstract
Agile working (flexibility around practitioners’ roles and the location and time of work) is increasingly common across local authority social work in the UK but there is little evidence about the practices it entails, with the small amount of existing research concerned largely with its impact on office environments. This article presents findings from a qualitative exploratory study of eleven social workers’ practices and experiences when engaged in agile working away from office spaces. Data were generated through practitioner diaries, photographs elicited from practitioners and semi-structured interviews, and were analysed using a grounded theory approach. The study found practitioners engaged in agile working in a wide range of domestic, leisure and formal work environments across the public–private continuum. This gave them superficial control over how they worked, in particular the freedom to work in solitude and establish distance between themselves and perceived demands from service users and other practitioners. However, agile working also involved a wider range of material practices and affective experiences for practitioners. These changes provoke questions about data security, increased visibility and unanticipated encounters in public spaces, and the shifting relationship between information-management work and elements of practice involving face-to-face interaction with others.
Dr Dharman Jeyasingham of University of Manchester was the lead the ESRC funded project “Becoming agile in local authority children’s safeguarding social work services: examining organisational and individual change in public sector social work”. Details on this project can be found here: GtR (ukri.org)
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Not Ageing Out of Violence? Older Mens Biographical Narratives of Their Abuse and Violence in Intimate Relationships With Female Partners
Bellamy, C. Struthers, M and Green, L (2023) Cited in Bows, H. (ed) Not Your Usual Suspect: Older Offenders of Violence (Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse), Emerald Publishing limited, Bingley, pp. 105-119 https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-887-620231008 Abstract Drawing on empirical research which incorporated biographical interviews with two older male perpetrators, this chapter develops theoretical conceptualisations of the histories, experiences and motives of these men. Four key areas are highlighted, which will be subject to closer scrutiny in relation to extant literature: (i) gender, particularly notions of masculinity, power and entitlement; (ii) attitudes relating to the use of violence both within intimate relationships and generally (iii) critical junctures in the life course which triggered attempts to desist; and (iv) an exploration of maturation and completion of treatment programmes in relation to their use of violence, future risks and efforts towards desistance.
Exploring health and social care professional initial perceptions of caring for trans patients.
Kirlew MI, Lord H, Weber J (2020) Exploring health and social care professionals’ initial perceptions of caring for trans patients. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2020.e11383
