Autumn 2013

Partnerships’ Meeting

We are supporting employers to implement Social Work Reform

Welcome and Introductions

Programme Updates and Info ExchangeASYE – Quality Assurance/Promoting ConsistencyASYE – How we can promote qualityIndependent SectorFocus for next meeting and meeting date

Updates and information exchange Employer Transition Fund

26 Partnerships have applied 103 Local Authorities and 11871 qualified

adult social workers included within the partnerships

Further information requested from some partnerships

Employer Transition Fund

Final funding amounts have now been allocated

Minimum funding amount of £2,000.00 with the remainder of funding divided by the number of qualified adult social workers within the partnerships

First wave of funding to be paid in October

Social Work Leadership Toolkit

Launched in June, approx 50 organisations registered to use 360 Tool

Mentoring service to be launched in November

Considering extending the 360 tool for social workers at PCF strategic level

Toolkit to be reviewed and refreshed later this year – to develop practice examples

Practice Development Educators

Guidance revised following feedback Learning outcomes, assessment

framework and principles for use (Aspirational not mandatory)

Guidance to be issued in early November

Launch event to share implementation practice on 17th December (London)

SfC / C-ALF Action Learning services – commercial offer

Consultation Bespoke action learning facilitation

courses – introductory and certificate levels

Co facilitation of action learning sets Open programmes

Effective deployment of social workers in adult services – 7 stage Model to support decision making

Consultation opportunity

This tool will be re-launched within a renewed Skills for Care website in the early New Year 2014

Brief pre-launch consultation is being carried out to ascertain the views of some potential users that will:

a) Give the tool greater impact and the best chance of success

b) Create a sustainable model that helps to retain a high level of relevance

Consultation process

Short online survey www.skillsforcare.org.uk/swwcconsultation

Two consultation events: 1. Manchester 12th November

2. Nottingham 22nd November

For more information go to: …..http://

www.skillsforcare.org.uk/events/2013events/effective_workforce_commissioning.aspx

Developing a skilled social work workforce - CPD

Core principles Principle 1 - Using the Professional Capabilities Framework Principle 2 - Work-based assessment Principle 3 - Reflective supervision & supporting reflective practice Principle 4 - Holistic assessment Principle 5 - Measuring impact Principle 6 - Portability

This case study illustrates how a reflective supervision programme can be designed and delivered across a partnership. A ‘whole organisation’ approach is described, supporting the development of the giving and receiving of reflective supervision practice, using a flexible blended learning approach including e- learning. Links to formal academic modules have been developed………..

Case studies – Thurrock partnership example

“Impact assessment should focus on what participants learn, how they use what they have learned, and the effect on people being supported and carers in the short, medium and long-term'.

Measuring the Impact of CPD

ASYE - Quality Assurance and promoting consistency in employer judgements

Guidance issued in summer with practice suggestions

Five practice examples demonstrating different models to be published shortly with sample templates/documents e.g.: Cyclical process of internal assessment – external

standardisation – internal programme development

Audit of support and assessment approaches

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Holistic assessment and documentation Capabilities statements are not

competencies How can the construction of the

evidence assist or hamper holistic assessment

The Assessor Report

Learning Agreement – why was it set up in this way?

The importance of regular reviews

Professional development planning and progression

Documentation and links to employment practices

Employer responsibility for assessment of the ASYE

Employer responsibility for contested or fail decision of the ASYE

3rd party assessment

Example of 6 month review document -What are the areas of good practice, what might be improved?

Table 1 - Pages 1 +2. Monitoring the contractual arrangement.

Table 2 – Pages 2- 4. Evidence of reflective practice

Table 3 – Pages 5- 7 . Evidence of holistic assessment

Table 4 – Pages 9-10. Guidance

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