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Events/ workshops for CPD
13-06-23
1pm – 3pm
15-06-23
9:30am – 12pm
Working with BAME victims of domestic abuse and violence
16-06-23
10am-12pm
Mental Capacity Act and Mental health Act Interface
22-06-23
10-4pm
Working Effectively with Interpreters
28-06-23
1:30 – 5pm
Mental Capacity/ DOL 16/17 years masterclass
10-07-23
12:30 – 1:15pm
Open Justice Court of Protection – briefing session
11-07-23
1:30-5pm
MCA and DOL Masterclass
17-07-23
12:30 – 1:15pm
Open Justice Court of Protection – briefing session
19-07-23
1:30 -3pm
1:30 -3pm
19-09-23
10-4pm
Working Effectively with Interpreters
01-11-23
10-4pm
Working Effectively with Interpreters
21-11-23
9:30am – 1pm
Unwise Decision? – Self Neglect and Mental Capacity.
22-11-23
9:30am – 1pm
Mental Capacity/ DOL 16/17 years masterclass
22-11-23
1:30 – 5pm
Hospital Discharges: Mental Capacity and Best Interest decisions.
Training Events for Practice Education
30-06-23
9:30 – 1:30pm
16-08-23
9:30 – 1:30pm
Practice Educator Stage 2 Training Workshop
15-06-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
30-06-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
04-10-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
16-10-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
03-11-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
29-11-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
15-11-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
07-02-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
28-02-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
12-03-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
15-05-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
06-06-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
09-07-23
9:30am – 4:30pm
Practice Educator Training Workshop
13-07-23
12-1pm
Practice Educator Drop In
06-09-23
17:30 – 18:30pm
Practice Educator Drop In
01-11-23
12-1pm
Practice Educator Drop In
24-01-23
17:30 – 18:30pm
Practice Educator Drop In
27-03-23
12-1pm
Practice Educator Drop In

Greater Manchester Social Work Academy Newsletter - Summer 2025

Safeguarding Events - November 2025

Following the success of last years Practice Research Week for supporting Safeguarding week we are pleased to announce plans are in process to host another week of safeguarding related CPD for all our social workers, students, academics in GM.

GMSWA will be running a series of Safeguarding events during the month of November.  

For details of the events that we are running for Safeguarding month please click on the button below.

Events/ workshops for CPD

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Practice Educator Masterclass - Reflective Supervision

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Practice Educator Masterclass on using reflective supervision with students effectively on placement. To register please Click here
Thu
16

Practice Educator Masterclass - Linking Theory to Practice

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A refresh of social work theories, identifying theories to inform and theories to intervene. Supporting students to make the links from theory and where they can apply them in practice. To register for this masterclass Please click here
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22

Greater Manchester Mental Health Social Work Conference 2025

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he Conference is themed on strength-based practice and building community connections, we will have several guest speakers, stalls from our VCSE sectors and workshops to choose from, this event is free to attend, and lunch is provided. Sessions include: Asset based community development. Gambling Harm: A Public Health Emergency Behind Closed Doors With Workshops covering: Community Assets Trauma informed Practice Cultural Awareness To reserve a place please speak to your manager or course lead
Wed
22

Student Masterclass - Understanding supervision and using reflection effectively

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Support students preparing for or on placement to understand their role in supervision and how to use supervision effectively to aid their development. To register for this masterclass  Please click here
Wed
22

Practice Educator Masterclass - Self Care and Promoting Wellbeing for Practice Educators

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Online Practice Educator Masterclass on Self Care and Wellbeing, faciltated by Kathy Atowo from Rochdale Council. Supporting Practice Educators to recognise the importance of self care, especially managing students on placements. To register for this Masterclass Please click here
Thu
23

Practice Educator Masterclass - Supporting Struggling Students

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Exploring ways Practice Educators can support students who struggle on placements. Identifying different tools and models to engage with students to identify learning needs, and evidencing concerns. To register for this Masterclass Please click here
Tue
04

Safeguarding Month - Genomics for Newly Qualified Social Workers

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So called ‘rare diseases’ collectively affect one in 17 individuals. More than half of those with a rare condition are affected in childhood and 80% have a genetic cause. If, as a social worker working with children and their families, you haven’t yet come across a genetic condition of relevance to your case it is only a matter of time. Genetic testing has increased exponentially and is now carried out in multiple medical specialties outside of genetics. Social workers need to understand how these changes are already impacting children in care and their families and consider the potential implications of future government plans to further expand genetic testing. To register for this event please Click here
Fri
07

Safeguarding Month - Hoarding, Capacity and the Court of Protection

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Neil Allen, Barrister from 39 Essex Chambers will explore the application of the Mental Capacity Act in relation to people who hoard. The session will include: The relevant information for assessing capacity Can the person ‘use’ the information? Hoarding cases in the Court of Protection An eligible Care Act need? To register for this event please Click here
Tue
11

Safeguarding Month - Genomics for Children's Social Workers

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So called ‘rare diseases’ collectively affect one in 17 individuals. More than half of those with a rare condition are affected in childhood and 80% have a genetic cause. If, as a social worker working with children and their families, you haven’t yet come across a genetic condition of relevance to your case it is only a matter of time. Genetic testing has increased exponentially and is now carried out in multiple medical specialties outside of genetics. Social workers need to understand how these changes are already impacting children in care and their families and consider the potential implications of future government plans to further expand genetic testing. To register please Click here
Tue
11

Safeguarding Month - Making Safeguarding personal

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Helpful tips and info about how to make safeguarding personal when working with vulnerable adults, including when they may not want to have you involved To register for this event please Click here
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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.

Link to Research Article:
https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/64217/?template=banner

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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.

Link to Research Article: Seeking Solitude and Distance from Others: Children’s Social Workers’ Agile Working Practices and Experiences beyond the Office | The British Journal of Social Work | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

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.

Link to Research Article: Not Ageing Out of Violence? Older Men's Biographical Narratives of Their Abuse and Violence in Intimate Relationships With Female Partners | Emerald Insight

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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

Link to Research Article Resource: https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-standard/evidence-and-practice/exploring-health-and-social-care-professionals-initial-perceptions-of-caring-for-trans-patients-ns.2020.e11383/abs

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