The University of Sussex has appointed a renowned social justice expert to lead the School of Education and Social Work (ESW). Professor Gillian Hampden-Thompson, who has been interim Head of
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has today published its priorities for the forthcoming NI Assembly Mandate. As pressures mount for social workers, NIASW is calling on each
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This booklet is mainly intended for students who are studying on an approved part-time or full-time postgraduate social work course, commencing in the 2016/17 academic year. It has been produced
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This booklet is mainly intended for students who: are studying on an approved part-time or full-time undergraduate social work course; commenced Year 1 of their course on or after 1
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NHS Digital has commissioned SCIE in partnership with market research agency, GfK, to gather insights into how the social work role can be supported, now and in the future, through
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The Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) have published their revised Standards of proficiency (SOPs) for social workers in England. The standards set out what social workers in England should
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) is recruiting for three Lay Chairs and six Social Care Members (five social workers and one social care worker) to join their registration
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Social services bosses at a London council have come under fire from a senior family court judge over the way they handled a case involving a 21-year-old woman and her
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has has spent a day learning what it takes to be a social worker praising the invaluable contribution the workforce makes. The Minister joined
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A computer game enabling trainee social workers to immerse themselves in a wide range of challenging situations is among a range of initiatives being developed by the University of Huddersfield, backed
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