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Developing SWLA prospectus and E-inductions for Social Care

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Developing SWLA prospectus and E-inductions for Social Care

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Responding to the Practice Needs of our workforce with a fortnighlty PSW hosted practitioner led Practice Forum accross all Adult Social care and interested partners to enhance knowledge, skills and networking to improve outcomes for the indiviudals with whom we work with.

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Responding to the Practice Needs of our workforce with a fortnighlty PSW hosted practitioner led Practice Forum accross all Adult Social care and interested partners to enhance knowledge, skills and networking to improve outcomes for the indiviudals with whom we work with.

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Regular PSW and Q&A Practice Forums for Staff Engagement and improving Quality of Practice - Link below to our recorded sessions

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Regular PSW and Q&A Practice Forums for Staff Engagement and improving Quality of Practice - Link below to our recorded sessions

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Workshop Presentations - All Documents (sharepoint.com)

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MPFT Welcomes new staff to the organisation - Adult Mental Health North are now part of MPFT

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MPFT Welcomes new staff to the organisation - Adult Mental Health North are now part of MPFT

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Our weekly update from the Learning Academy for all Adult Social Care Staff accross MPFT and SCC

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Our weekly update from the Learning Academy for all Adult Social Care Staff accross MPFT and SCC

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Adult Social Care Audit Cycle embedding Strengths Based Practice

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Adult Social Care Audit Cycle embedding Strengths Based Practice

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SCREEN 2 event 10th March 2021

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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Samantha Hornby

Principal Social Worker

Sam.Hornby@mpft.nhs.uk

I’m part of the collective Senior leadership team responsible for the professional and practice leadership for Adult Social Work under a Section 75 Partnership Agreement with Staffordshire County Council. I report to the Director of Social Work.

I previously trained as a Registered Mental Health Nurse and decided to take a change of direction into social work because of my passion for social justice for people with mental health issues. I’ve been a qualified Social Worker since 1998 and completed my ASW/ Approved Mental Health training in 2003/2007. I’ve continued to practice as an AMHP at a reduced level due with my current role. I am also a Practice Educator and continue to support off-site student Social Workers within Adult mental health. I am now embarking on the Approved Clinician programme with Northumbria University.

I have a lead role in supporting the development and delivery of our Social Care Strategy and provide operational management and delivery support including business and workforce planning, ensuring staff groups are effectively supported and developed within a range of statutory
responsibilities.
One of my key achievements has been the development of a clear career pathway through the Social Work Learning Academy enabling the workforce to develop and embedding a learning culture. Supporting Social Workers through their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment,
Apprenticeships, Pre AMHP, Approved Mental Health Practitioner, Best Interest Assessor and Practice Educator programmes/training enables staff to feel valued and integral to the delivery of a high quality service to individuals with Mental Health needs in Staffordshire. I am also the lead for the Think Ahead programme in MPFT. To date we have supported 18 participants and will be embarking on an ongoing rolling Think Ahead programme. This partnership with Think Ahead has been hugely successful in successor planning for our workforce.
Research is integral to Social work to initiate, to establish
and to embed this culture in our organisation. The SWLA have been successful in 2 Social Care Research engagement projects together in collaboration with our
Research and development team and local HEI’s, raising the profile of Social Care in the NHS.
I am deeply committed to striving for parity of esteem for
individuals with mental health needs and embedding the value of social work.

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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust      

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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust      

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Karen Nixon

Assistant Dean of the Social Work Learning Academy              Karen.Nixon@mpft.nhs.uk

Joining Staffordshire County Council in 1995, I qualified as a Social Worker in 2002, progressing through the post-qualifying award, formal practice teaching award, local government leadership (LGA) programme and subsequently Principal Social Worker training in 2017.

Working within generic team settings as a Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner, Team Manager and Practice Educator, I am now employed within the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, formally Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust as a Principal Social Worker (Older People and Physical Disability) reporting to the Director of Social Care within the Trust.

My role, responsibilities and main motivation is to improve the social work experience for both staff and members of the public; effecting change through raised standards including quality and process conditions, and in supporting staff through development and continued learning; through the development of audit approaches, quality assurance frameworks and in the development of staff educational opportunities. Using the Professional Capabilities Framework and Knowledge and Skills Statements as a benchmark, my role involves the commissioning of social work specific CPD learning and development programmes across the Trust.

While aspects of my role include the provision of support and advice to staff, further responsibilities include building collaborative partnerships both regionally and nationally working across organisations to ensure the sharing of efficient, cost effective, best practice approaches.

Effecting change and innovation, my role has contributed to peer challenge processes, practice, research and educational reviews alongside organisations such as the Principal Social Worker networks, Research in Practice, Social Care Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and in regional Teaching Partnership service development.

Currently, my role also supports further collaborative approaches across commissioning organisations such as Staffordshire County Council and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; sharing business and practice change requirements, through the dissemination of agreed policies, processes and in supporting effective dissemination and communication methods. Within this role, my motivation is not only to embed change processes but also to promote effective partnership working and engagement throughout.

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MPFT have a well established partnership with Think Ahead 

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MPFT have a well established partnership with Think Ahead 

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Think Ahead | Fast-track mental health social work scheme

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The People Wellbeing Survey aims to provide an opportunity for colleagues across ASC to tell us how they are currently feeling.

Completing this survey is important in terms of:

• Ensuring that people feel confident in their role, supported and able to undertake their role

• Supporting individual professional and personal development

• Understanding the well-being of people

• Informing the future shape of adult social care in SCC/MPFT

• Understanding the impact of our current ways of working on people

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Celebrating 5 Years of the SWLA ESTABLISHED JULY 2016

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Celebrating 5 Years of the SWLA ESTABLISHED JULY 2016

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Developing our Strengths Based Journey from ASYE to Leadership approaches

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Developing our Strengths Based Journey from ASYE to Leadership approaches

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STRENGTHS BASED PROGRAMME SCIE HANDBOOK 1  June21

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Rolling out membership to Social Workers employed by MPFT in Shropshire and North Staffs Combined Mental Health Trust - Grow, Develop, Flourish & Transform

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Rolling out membership to Social Workers employed by MPFT in Shropshire and North Staffs Combined Mental Health Trust - Grow, Develop, Flourish & Transform

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Our first Manuscript Submitted to the British Journal of Social Work which has been accepted!!!!

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Our first Manuscript Submitted to the British Journal of Social Work which has been accepted!!!!

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Exploring the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on social work practice: A qualitative study in England, UK

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Social Worker of the Year nomination.PNG

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DEVELOPING OUR RIPPLE GROUP - (Research in Practice Peer Learning exchange)

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Applying for the Social Work Award - Employer of the Year in MPFT!

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Applying for the Social Work Award - Employer of the Year in MPFT!

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A Day in the Life of a Student Social Worker by Lorraine Hawley

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A Day in the Life of a Student Social Worker by Lorraine Hawley

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A Day In The Life of a Student Social Worker Lorraine H

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A Day in the Life of a:Rehabilitation Officer of Visual Impairment (ROVI)Victoria Lee, Countywide Sensory Team 

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A Day in the Life of a:Rehabilitation Officer of Visual Impairment (ROVI)Victoria Lee, Countywide Sensory Team 

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In the life of a Rehabilitation Officer of Visual Impairment - Victoria Lee

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Strengths Appraoch to supporting people in a Crisis Feb 21.PNG

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Commencing the Level 5 sensory rehabilitation apprenticeship

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Commencing the Level 5 sensory rehabilitation apprenticeship

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Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

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Reference Number: ST0431

Details of standard

Occupation - Working within the statutory, voluntary and private social care sector the Rehabilitation Worker assesses individual need and formulates, delivers and evaluates professional person-centred rehabilitation training to visually impaired people to develop and enhance the skills and confidence they need to maximise their independence. The worker is an advocate for visually impaired people, the sight loss sector and their employing organisation to support, design and influence the development of services and promote accessibility, equality, social integration and the societal contribution of people with a visual impairment.

Entry Requirements - Whilst entry requirements will be a matter for employers, an apprentice should be expected to undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and have already achieved a pass grade in GCSE Maths & English or equivalent.

Level & Duration - Level 5. Duration typically, 24 months

Qualifications - Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.
Requirements: Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour (KSBs)

Rehabilitation workers (Visual Impairment) require an understanding of:

Anatomy, epidemiology, cause and prognosis of visual impairment and Deafblindness.

The cumulative effect of physiological and psychological illness or disability when combined with a visual impairment

Relevance and value of Individual and social models of disability The physical, psychological and social impact of a loss of vision

Voluntary & statutory process, procedure and legal requirement to assess people with a visual impairment and/or deafblind

Risk, benefits and personal management

Individual, family and societal aspirations and needs of fulfilment The value, availability and use of health and safety adaptations The process, documentation and application of access audits

Theories and models of person centred therapeutic rehabilitative intervention Group and Individual teaching and learning theory and practice

Person-centred intervention and strategy

Rehabilitation techniques and strategies including but not restricted to:

Independent living skills; Inclusion in recreation, education and employment activities; orientation and mobility; communication; low vision maximisation.

Explain medical characteristics and the impact of visual impairment, secondary illnesses, disabilities and deafblindness in understandable terms, and descriptions.

Evaluate, in terms of the support required, the effect a visual impairment and/or deafblindness has on a person, family and community.

Support a person, family and community to positively come to terms with living with a visual impairment and or deafblindness

Undertake one-to-one and group specialist vision and dual sensory needs led assessments. Producing tangible outcomes, services and referrals.

Undertake assessment of risk and health and safety adaptations, recommending and overseeing installation of environmental adaptations required by people with a visual impairment and who are deafblind.

Undertake functional vision assessment, to promote the use of residual vision, and provide and refer for training and services.

Undertake environmental access audits that promote accessibility to the built environment for disabled people.

Behaviours - The personal attributes and behaviours expected of all Rehabilitation Workers (Visual Impairment) when carrying out their role is to:

Safeguard - share information with others to protect and support the wellbeing of vulnerable people

Advocate - act for and on behalf of vulnerable individuals, their carers, family and circle of support

Be Compassionate - deliver support with kindness, consideration, dignity, empathy and respect

Communication - communicate for effective development of successful relationships

Show Commitment - improve the experience of people who need support ensuring it is person-centred

Respect - value professional opinion, confidentiality and respectful relationships

Link to professional registration - Apprentices will have met the level of competence needed to secure professional registration with the Rehabilitation Workers Professional Network.

Review date - After 3 years

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Occupation - Working within the statutory, voluntary and private social care sector the Rehabilitation Worker assesses individual need and formulates, delivers and evaluates professional person-centred rehabilitation training to visually impaired people to develop and enhance the skills and confidence they need to maximise their independence.

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Developing our 3rd Cohort of social work degree Level 6 apprentices

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Developing our 3rd Cohort of social work degree Level 6 apprentices

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102018 Social Worker Apprenticeship flyer V2

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Level 6 Integrated Social Work Degree Apprenticeships.Class of 2020

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Level 6 Integrated Social Work Degree Apprenticeships.Class of 2020

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All apprentices passed their first module and the University reports that the standard of work was extremely high – all apprentices have now got a 40 credit module tucked into their belts and with just two modules remaining this year. We are now planning the second cohort of level 6 Social Work Apprentices to start in January 2021. A briefing is being held by Staffordshire university on 15th July 2020 and MPFT will be releasing their recruitment plans in September 2020 with interview dates in October 2020.

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Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme

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Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme

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Delivering our Regional ASYE programme, investing in staff, practice and development.
There are currently 43 NQSW’s benefiting from the ASYE, 33 have enrolled on the programme in the past 12 months  programme across the County which include, Staffs County Council 7, Combined Health Care 2, Stoke on Trent Council 2 and MPFT 32 and this includes NQSW’s from Think Ahead Programme. 16 NQSW’s successfully completed their portfolios last year.

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Effective partnership working with Think Ahead since 2019

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Effective partnership working with Think Ahead since 2019

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Supporting the next generation of Mental Health Social Workers

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Think Ahead Cohort 1 - all 12 participants becoming members of MPFT

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Think Ahead Cohort 1 - all 12 participants becoming members of MPFT

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Think Ahead Cohort 2 Transition to Year 2 becoming MPFT employees

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Think Ahead Cohort 2 Transition to Year 2 becoming MPFT employees

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Achieving completion of Year !

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MPFT, SCC and Wolverhampton University working in partnership to support the AMHP programme in Staffordshire 

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MPFT, SCC and Wolverhampton University working in partnership to support the AMHP programme in Staffordshire 

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Supporting nominations accross the Professions via the Social Work Learning Acadamy and Pre AMHP programme

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Think Ahead Cohort 3 MPFT welcomes our 3rd Cohort commencing their Social Work training in Adult Mental Health 2021

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Think Ahead Cohort 3 MPFT welcomes our 3rd Cohort commencing their Social Work training in Adult Mental Health 2021

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Opportunity for Reserch Advocate  role in MPFT

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Opportunity for Reserch Advocate  role in MPFT

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National Health check 2020 Standards for Employers

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National Health check 2020 Standards for Employers

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National Ranking for MPFT

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National Health check 2020 Standards for Employers

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National Health check 2020 Standards for Employers

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Regional Ranking

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Developing and embedding virtual working, supervision and assessment standards

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Developing and embedding virtual working, supervision and assessment standards

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There are three main components to the portfolio: the initial review, mid-point review and end-point review. The full version of the portfolio can be downloaded, with the individual templates broken down below. These documents form the basis of the guidance for the post-qualifying standards for social work supervisors. They were produced with the support of the six early implementation (EI) sites and the sub reference group.
Portfolio introduction: Part one: Initial review: Part two: Mid-point review Part three: End-point review
The first national moderation panel for this work met on 12 July 2019 to discuss the data collected from the evaluations of the pilots that the EI sites have completed, as well as moderating 12 portfolios from the EI sites. This helped inform the future basis of the moderation process. There will be more information regarding the future of the panel when the programme has been embedded within organisations and there are portfolios to moderate.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Skills for Care have worked with Research in Practice to deliver a Train the Trainer Supervisor Development Programme (TTSDP) for social workers working in adult services. The has focused on enabling and empowering training and workforce development within local authorities to deliver the learning internally or regionally. It has comprised of three days of learning using a 'Train the Trainer' approach and involves a combination of face to face teaching and self-directed/facilitated study. This programme has now completed.

In addition to the programme, DHSC and Skills for Care are working with Research in Practice to further support implementation. Each region has some days to support implementation and Research in Practice are liaising with each regional PSW network to plan those days.
Useful resources from RiPfA

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post-qualifying standards for social work supervisors in adult social care development pathway

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Post-qualifying standards for social work supervisors pathway

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There are three main components to the portfolio: the initial review, mid-point review and end-point review. The full version of the portfolio can be downloaded, with the individual templates broken down below. These documents form the basis of the guidance for the post-qualifying standards for social work supervisors.

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Development and implementation of our Pre AMHP programme in Staffordshire

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Development and implementation of our Pre AMHP programme in Staffordshire

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Staffordshire supporting 13 Pre AMHP's on our preparation programme for AMHP training in 2022

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Partnership working with Mental Health Lives Matter and Social work in South  - 

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Partnership working with Mental Health Lives Matter and Social work in South  - 

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using Winter resilience funding to facilitate proportionate Social Work interventions to support more timely discharge from Psychiatric Inpatient settings for all Adults Staffordshire and now rolling out to North Staffordshire

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EDI Working Group is to provide proactive support, evidence-based feedback, guidance, assurance and governance to enhance the delivery of an inclusive, safe and just culture within the Care Group and wider influence the Trust culture.
To implement localised action and strategies to reduce Health Inequalities and promte better health outcomes for all.

To implement localised action and strategies that embed anti-racist attitudes behaviours and practices

To implement localised action and strategies that embed anti-discriminatory attitudes behaviours and practices that support the Equality Act 2010, AIS and Care Act

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Implemented Staff engagement sessions accross ASC and SCC

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BASW commissioned to provide CPD session on Anti Racism in Social Work

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BASW commissioned to provide CPD session on Anti Racism in Social Work

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Practical tools which can be used within direct work/reflective work spaces to identify prejudice and white privilege.

Development of an understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement, and why it was a catalyst for change.

Exploration of intersectional discrimination and racism within the context of black and ethnic minority communities.

To gain an understanding of what is meant by a commitment to being actively anti-racist.

Exploration of the major inequalities experienced by people, families and communities of black and minority ethnic backgrounds within everyday practice.

Exploring barriers to meaningful organisational change and how to overcome these.

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Investing in Inspirational Leadership and Management 

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Investing in Inspirational Leadership and Management 

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NIHR and MPFT - Expert by Experience involvement in SCREEN and beyond

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NIHR and MPFT - Expert by Experience involvement in SCREEN and beyond

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Patient and Public Involvement Perspective  - to involve experts by experience in our Special Interest Group activiites to ensure we have their perspectives at the heart of what we do.

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Established working partnership with WMTP

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Established working partnership with WMTP

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Student Hub development with the West Midlands Teaching Partnership from pilot to region wide support

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Student Hub development with the West Midlands Teaching Partnership from pilot to region wide support

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Social Work | The West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership | England

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The West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership. We are one of 23 accredited social work teaching partnerships funded by the Department for Education to strengthen the quality of education and training for social work students and practitioners across the West Midlands.

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Integrating supervision standards Trust wide, local partnerships, local development and quality development alongside our Professional Leads

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Integrating supervision standards Trust wide, local partnerships, local development and quality development alongside our Professional Leads

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Tim Anfilogoff is Head of Community Resilience at Herts Valleys CCG, and NHS England's Social Prescribing Regional Facilitator for the East of England. Here he looks at the crucial role of social prescribing in responding to COVID-19 and the lessons learnt for the future. "It's been an incredible year", says Gina, a social prescribing link [...]

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Tim Anfilogoff is Head of Community Resilience at Herts Valleys CCG, and NHS England's Social Prescribing Regional Facilitator for the East of England. Here he looks at the crucial role of social prescribing in responding to COVID-19 and the lessons learnt for the future. "It's been an incredible year", says Gina, a social prescribing link [...]

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Regional case auditing within the LGA Peer Challenge process

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Regional case auditing within the LGA Peer Challenge process

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The LGA offers local government a range of peer-supported improvement programmes, including Peer Challenge, Recovery and Renewal Panels and Councillor Mentoring and we welcome interest from both senior officers and councillors in becoming peers.

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Peer challenge is a proven tool for improvement, commissioned by a council and involves a team of local government officers and councillors spending time at the council as peers to provide challenge and share learning.

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Introducing a new registration framework 

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Introducing a new registration framework 

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You can search for a registered social worker by their first name, last name, registration number or any combination of those.

Please use the separate search page to search for multiple social workers.

What is the register?

Social work is a regulated profession. This means that to be able to practise as a social worker in England, individuals must be registered with Social Work England. Once registered, all social workers are listed on our public register.

The register is a statutory list of individual social workers who practise in England. It provides assurance that the people who practise as social workers in England have the right skills and qualifications and are capable of safe and effective practice.

Guide to the register

If you have any questions about the how to search the register or need help, please read our guide to the register. You may also want to read more about what each registration status means.

Information for people who have been given temporary registration

If you have been given temporary registration, you are able to practise on a temporary basis as a social worker. This is in accordance with the powers we have been given by government to operate an emergency register. Temporary registration does not give you the same rights as a social worker who has a registration status of 'registered'. Temporary registration can be removed at any time, so if you wish to use the protected title of 'social worker' in the future, you must apply to restore your registration as soon as possible.

We're currently experiencing high volumes of enquiries. If you have any questions about restoring your registration, please read our updated FAQs.

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Search the Register - Social Work England

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You can search for a registered social worker by their first name, last name, registration number or any combination of those. Please use the separate search page to search for multiple social workers. Social work is a regulated profession. This means that to be able to practise as a social worker in England, individuals must be registered with Social Work England.

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Self Care Psychology sessions promoting wellbeing for our staff

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Self Care Psychology sessions promoting wellbeing for our staff

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We can show you how to buffer the impact of professional trauma and fatigue to help you stay happy and healthy in the careers you love.

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It is not acceptable that we are losing highly trained experienced practitioners due to ill health, frustration and burnout.

Our evidence-based model shows you how to move from vulnerable to protected.

An investment in those who support, results in empowered professionals, and only they can deliver truly effective empowering services.

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We can show you how to buffer the impact of professional trauma and fatigue to help you stay happy and healthy in the careers you love. ​ It is not acceptable that we are losing highly trained experienced practitioners due to ill health, frustration and burnout.

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OUR SECOND PUBLISHED RESEARCH ARTICLE - BJSW

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OUR SECOND PUBLISHED RESEARCH ARTICLE - BJSW

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"Social Work and Social Care: mapping workforce engagement, relevance, experience, and interest in research"

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The British Journal of Social Work (BJSW) is the UK's leading academic social work journal for social work educators, researchers, practitioners and managers. It's published eight times a year. BASW members can subscribe for £41 a year.

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Regional engagement, learning and development through our PSW network

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Regional engagement, learning and development through our PSW network

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We use some essential cookies to make this website work.

We'd like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.

We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.

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Principal social workers in adult services: roles and responsibilities

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We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We'd like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.

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IMPACT introduction to the SCREEN team at MPFT

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IMPACT introduction to the SCREEN team at MPFT

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https://youtu.be/7bemrE8N2Bc

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The staff psychological wellbeing hub service is available to all NHS and Local Authority health and social care staff working in organisations that are based in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent; that is from all relevant services and settings.
MPFT hub launch.pdf (sharepoint.com)

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Developing co-production/ strenghts based approaches with individuals who use our services

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Developing co-production/ strenghts based approaches with individuals who use our services

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SOOTHE Wellbeing Conversations - July2021 (pagetiger.com)

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News - STARS programme

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A regional approach to the development of Social Work Research Practice Week - YouTube
• Karen Nixon, Principal Social Worker, Midlands Partnership NHS Trust – An Analysis of Social Care Research Engagement (SCREEN)
• Dr Paul Campbell, Research Manager, Midlands Partnership NHS Trust – From Practice to Research to Practice
• Dr Karen Roscoe, Lecturer in Social Work, Keele University – Narrative Enquiry and Linguistics
• Dr Laura Pritchard-Jones, Lecturer in Law, Keele University – COVID 19 and Adult Safeguarding in Social Care

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To engage social care staff across MPFT and SCC, to explore the meaning of strengths based practice with practice, the positives in using this approach and any barriers in implementation.  Our aim is to consider a regional definition presented by Professor Robin Miller (Birmingham University) and in exploring how we may both further adopt and promote a ‘One Staffordshire’ Strengths Based approach across our organisations.

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Well done R&D and SWLA - MPFT British Journal of Social Work 2021 'Social work and Social Care: Mapping workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research' 

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Well done R&D and SWLA - MPFT British Journal of Social Work 2021 'Social work and Social Care: Mapping workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research' 

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Great news!!! Both of the nominations our Research and Development team submitted to the Clinical Research Network West Midlands research awards panel for ‘Team of the year’ for SCREEN and ‘Collaboration Of The Year’ for SCREEN have been shortlisted.  HUGE congratulations to you all and so very well deserved!!! 

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Great news!!! Both of the nominations our Research and Development team submitted to the Clinical Research Network West Midlands research awards panel for ‘Team of the year’ for SCREEN and ‘Collaboration Of The Year’ for SCREEN have been shortlisted.  HUGE congratulations to you all and so very well deserved!!! 

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MPFT Finalist for Employer of the Year in the Social Work Awards 2021

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MPFT Finalist for Employer of the Year in the Social Work Awards 2021

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SHARE YOUR SOCIAL WORK STORIES

The wait is over for social workers across the country as the final shortlist for this year's Social Worker of the Year Awards has been revealed.

The shortlist, which features 52 outstanding practitioners, teams and organisations in 11 categories, was chosen by an independent judging panel made up of young care leavers, social workers, industry leaders and people with lived experience of social work.

Alongside categories highlighting exceptional practice in children's and adult services, mental health and social work education, two new awards have been introduced in this year's event programme - University of the Year and the Social Justice Advocate Award.

The winners for each of the 11 categories will be revealed during a special virtual awards ceremony broadcasted live from London on Wednesday 17 November. One individual category winner on the night will also be crowned as 'Overall Social Worker of the Year', an accolade chosen exclusively by the Social Work Awards Board of Trustees.

Peter Hay CBE, Chair of the Social Work Awards, said: " As a charity, we are delighted to bring back the awards this year to shine a light on the inspirational achievements of an often overlooked profession.

Thank you to the hundreds of people who took the time out of their day to nominate a friend, colleague, or team for an award this year. And, to everybody nominated for an award, congratulations. Being nominated for a national award, whilst supporting others to navigate through the turbulence caused by the pandemic, is a remarkable achievement of which you should be very proud."

Social Work England, S12 Solutions and the local authorities of Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Bradford, Middlesbrough, Southampton, Dudley, West Sussex, Derbyshire, Luton and Suffolk support the awards this year as Thank You sponsors.

The full Social Worker of the Year Awards 2021 shortlist is as follows:

Student Social Worker of the Year (Supported by Dorset Council):
* Sarah Mail, Kingston University
* Carrie Evans, University of Lancaster
* Justine Bishop, University of Warwick
* Lucy Collier, University of Winchester
* Abigail Davey, Anglia Ruskin University

Newly Qualified Social Worker of the Year (Supported by Waltham Forest Council):
* Rosemarie Connor, Devon County Council
* Guy Blacklock, Warwickshire County Council
* Finn Jarvis, Gloucestershire County Council
* Anna O'Brien, Hull City Council
* Florina Rice, Devon County Council
* Christine Norman, Dorset Council
* Michelle Pullen, Shropshire Council
* Marie-Anne Holland, Cafcass

Adult Social Worker of the Year (Supported by Wandsworth Borough Council):
* Chris Vass, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
* Melanie Noel, Essex County Council
* Natasha Karmali, London Borough of Hillingdon
* James Thomas, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
* Lucy Law, Essex County Council

Children's Social Worker of the Year ( Supported by Children's Social Work Matters):
* Paige McMahon, Derbyshire County Council
* Marissa Langley, Surrey County Council
* Liam Mills, Portsmouth City Council
* Alexandra Capitani, Coventry City Council

Team Leader of the Year (Supported by Devon County Council):
* Sam Roper, Knowsley Council
* Kudakwashe Kurashwa, London Borough of Hillingdon
* Dianne Fossey, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
* Amanda Haylock, Portsmouth City Council
* Zakia Bouyis Loughead, Birmingham City Council

Mental Health Social Worker of the Year (Supported by Essex County Council):
* Rebecca Owen, Somerset County Council
* John Leavy, Achieving for Children
* Daniel Wilding, Livewell Southwest
* Tulane Chiarletti, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
* Kevin Waggott, Northumberland County Council

Practice Educator of the Year (Supported by BASW):
* Laura Lowe, Dorset Council
* Elaine Sharpe, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
* Claire Skilleter, Norfolk County Council
* Anne Cooper, Gloucestershire County Council
* Peter Walker, Worcestershire County Council

Social Justice Advocate Award (Supported by BASW):
* Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Team, Norfolk County Council
* Aedan Wolton, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
* Vivian Okeze-Tirado, West Sussex County Council
* Cynthia Minett and Eniola Obikoya, Gloucestershire County Council
* Wayne Reid, British Association of Social Workers
* Sensory Support Team, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Team of the Year (including MDTs) (Supported by UNISON):
* Preparation for Adulthood Service, Bradford Council
* Leaving Care Service, Derbyshire County Council
* Keeping Families Together, Darlington Borough Council
* Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw Children's Hospice
* Integrated Discharge Team, Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council and Royal Derby Hospital

University of the Year (Supported by Torbay Council):
* Durham University
* Bournemouth University

Social Work Employer of the Year (Supported by Sanctuary Personnel):
* Essex County Council
* Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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The wait is over for social workers across the country as the final shortlist for this year's Social Worker of the Year Awards has been revealed. The shortlist, which features 52 outstanding practitioners, teams and organisations in 11 categories, was chosen by an independent judging panel made up of young care leavers, social workers, [...]

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Prestigious national awards shortlists MPFT for Social Work Employer of the Year

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Prestigious national awards shortlists MPFT for Social Work Employer of the Year

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The commitment of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) staff in delivering the best possible social care to the people of Staffordshire has been recognised with a national award nomination.

MPFT has been shortlisted in this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards in the Social Work Employer category, with the winner to be announced on 17 November.

The nomination recognises the work of the Trust in delivering its partnership with Staffordshire County Council to provide integrated health and social care services in the county.

In place since 2009, the partnership was renewed in April 2020, with MPFT now providing statutory adult social care services in support of people with mental health issues, older people, people with physical disability and those with sensory impairment.

Jo Cowcher, Director of Adult Social Care for MPFT and Assistant Director of Adult Social Care and Safeguarding for the county council said: “I am so proud of each and every one of our staff who has worked so hard over the past 12 months and longer – this nomination is testament to that dedication. In spite of what has been a very challenging period for us all, staff have never backed down and have met this challenge head on.”

The Trust’s Social Work Learning Academy has been a particular success in supporting staff to enhance their skills, recognising and nurturing talent and encouraging career progression.

Jo added: “This highly successful partnership is greatly valued across both organisations, with social care remaining a bedrock across the Trust in delivering real change to the lives of local people.”

Councillor Julia Jessel, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Health and Care said: “Social workers can often face challenging circumstances at the best of times, but recent events have tested them in ways not seen before.

“The pandemic has put a spotlight on those who do essential work, usually out of sight of the public eye and, win or lose on the big day, I am delighted to see that the work of our dedicated professionals in Staffordshire has been recognised this way.”

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Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for the virtual Social Worker of the Year Awards 2021.

We hope you all had a wonderful evening and left feeling proud and inspired. You are all shining stars for the profession.

Congratulations once again to all of this year's finalists, Silver and Gold winners! Read more about each winner here.

Watch #SWA21 on demand!

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I feel grateful and proud to have been a finalist in the Mental Health Social Worker of the Year 2021. Here I am, with my certificate! Thanks to the amazing Specialised Community Forensic Team Social Worker, Michelle for taking the photograph #SWA21 #dyspraxia #SocialWorkTwitter

Described by colleagues at @Hullccnews as an "inspiration to social work, meet Anna O'Brien, our Newly Qualified Social Worker of the Year!✨

Watch the Social Worker Awards 2021 on demand now: https://tinyurl.com/2m6fzk3d #SWA21

What an honourable achievement!

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Thank you Poppy (@SurreyComet) for your heartfelt article on John Leavy, our Mental Health Social Worker of the Year ✨@AforChildren #SWA21

Read Poppy and John's full interview ⬇️
https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/19761750.kingston-richmond-mental-health-social-worker-wins-award/

Unsurprisingly, @ThroughCareCov are very proud of @AlexandraCapit8 being named as Children's Social Worker of the Year and her incredible work with young people.

Watch Alexandra's full story and many other heartfelt moments from #SWA21: https://tinyurl.com/2m6fzk3d

Well done again to Lucy Collier for winning Student Social Worker of the Year! ⭐️#SWA21
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Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for the virtual Social Worker of the Year Awards 2021. We hope you all had a wonderful evening and left feeling proud and inspired. You are all shining stars for the profession.

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Silver Award for Employer of the Year in the Social Work Awards 2021!!!

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Silver Award for Employer of the Year in the Social Work Awards 2021!!!

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Our Silver Award for the Social Work Employer of the year

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Our Silver Award for the Social Work Employer of the year

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Midland Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are co-ordinated the  Supervisor Development Programme for the West Midlands region working in partnership with Research in Practice. And another cohort in 2023. 

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Midland Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are co-ordinated the  Supervisor Development Programme for the West Midlands region working in partnership with Research in Practice. And another cohort in 2023. 

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@mpftnhs SCREEN (Social Care Research Engagement) team have won the Collaboration in research award at #CRNWMAwards

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@mpftnhs SCREEN (Social Care Research Engagement) team have won the Collaboration in research award at #CRNWMAwards

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In early 2020 the R&I department were successful in obtaining two-year funding from the local National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish a project to develop and sustain research interest, engagement, and activity for all social care and social work staff at MPFT.

This project called SCREEN (Social Care Research EngagemENt) started by engaging key leads within social work at MPFT (Pauline Bonner, Karen Nixon, Sam Hornby) linked with key academics from Keele University to set a series of objectives to enable and sustain growth of social care research. Three years on from launching the project, there are several achievements to celebrate: • Established a research Special Interest Group bringing practitioners and academics together to drive future research strategy. • Involved practitioners in a joint MPFT and Keele University research project investigating the impact of COVID-19 on social work practice, and practitioners led a large MPFT social care staff survey, both studies published in the British Journal of Social Work: doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab169 and doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab166. • Engagement of practitioners within MPFT STARS programme to increase research skills and learning. • Two practitioners (Social Worker Stacey Wilde, Principal Social Worker Karen Nixon) received Research Career Development Awards to enable dedicated time to develop research. • Hosted two large online conference events attended by social care practitioners across the region, and many members of SCREEN presented at several external conferences. • Production of a step-by-step research career pathway interactive guide to inform practitioners on the steps they can take to become involved in research. SCREEN has gone from strength to strength with notable markers of impact including winning the Clinical Research Network “Collaboration in Research” award in 2021, being invited as members of the new West Midlands Social Care Research Partnership, being consulted by Social Care Wales and NHS Cornwall to advise on their strategies to engage social care practice with research, and recently being used as a case study for success within the British Association of Social Work Research Charter. Karen Nixon and the team recently secured funding from the School for Social Care Research to create a dedicated research training platform for social care practice, and SCREEN project lead Dr Paul Campbell (MPFT R&I) was recently appointed to head up an NIHR programme (involving Keele, Birmingham, and Warwick Universities) to increase dementia based social care research across the region

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Roll out in 2022/2023 of our Strengths based Framework across Adult Social Care

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Roll out in 2022/2023 of our Strengths based Framework across Adult Social Care

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MPFT's Personalisation and Social Inclusion service were Great British Care Awards Shortlisted Finalists in 2022 in the West Midlands Region of the Great British Care Awards for The Putting People First Award. Congratulations on this achievement.

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MPFT's Personalisation and Social Inclusion service were Great British Care Awards Shortlisted Finalists in 2022 in the West Midlands Region of the Great British Care Awards for The Putting People First Award. Congratulations on this achievement.

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Showcasing Adult Social Care Mental Health with Lyn Romeo and Jason Brandon January 2023

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Showcasing Adult Social Care Mental Health with Lyn Romeo and Jason Brandon January 2023

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Adult Social Care Inaugural Graduation Event 2023

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Adult Social Care Inaugural Graduation Event 2023

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The Inaugural Graduation Event was held at The Aquarius Ballroom and was attended by Guests and over 60 award recipients, from Adult Social Care, across MPFT & Staffordshire County Council.

Awards included Apprenticeships, Think Ahead and AMHP Awards alongside Best Interest Assessor and Practice Educator Awards.

Guests included Neil Carr - Chief Executive at MPFT, Jo Cowcher - Assistant Director of Adult Social Care and Safeguarding at SCC and Director of Adult Social Care at MPFT. Jackie Small – Chair of MPFT Board of Directors and Jason Brandon – who is the Mental Health Lead within the Office of the Chief Social Worker at the Department of Health & Social Security.  Course Leads for the Awards, along with Members of staff within SCC and MPFT, who have been instrumental in supporting and mentoring the award recipients, presented the awards and certificates.

Some of the comments following the event included

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The NIHR School for Social Care Research have recently approved a Practice Based Research Leadership Award (PBRLA) 2023

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The NIHR School for Social Care Research have recently approved a Practice Based Research Leadership Award (PBRLA) 2023

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The NIHR School for Social Care Research have recently approved a Practice Based Research Leadership Award (PBRLA) and 12-month project funding to Karen Nixon (PSW at Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, MPFT) to develop her project that aims produce a dedicate research engagement and learning programme for social care and social work practitioners. This project called STARSWARS (Supporting The Advancement of Research Skills Work AcRoss Social care) is supported by the Department of Research and Innovation at MPFT (R&I MPFT) and aims to develop and pilot a dedicated social care research engagement and skills programme that will be available to all social care staff at MPFT/local authority initially, but will have the capacity to be shared widely via established social care and social work professional networks. STARSWARS will produce two aligned outputs, firstly a “stand-alone” set of research engagement and research skills introductory videos, and secondly a set of adjoined in-depth training workshops that will initially be piloted to relevant MPFT and partner local authority staff with an evaluation component that can then have potential for upscale regionally based on the outcomes of the evaluation.

This project represents a trailblazer research journey for Karen, who initially was introduced to research via her role as practitioner lead within the MPFT R&I Social Care Research Engagement Project (SCREEN). SCREEN looked to seed the development of a research culture within social care at MPFT, and as a result Karen applied and was successful in obtaining a Clinical Research Network West Midlands "Professional Development Award" to lead the future of social care practitioner research at MPFT, leading to taking on this new and exciting role of Principal Investigator for the STARSWARS project.

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We are pleased to announce that after two successful years, STARS is back and the 2023 prospectus has just launched! 

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We are pleased to announce that after two successful years, STARS is back and the 2023 prospectus has just launched! 

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STARS is an online research training and education programme run by MPFT Research and Innovation Department in partnership with Keele and Worcester universities with the aim of providing all MPFT staff regardless of profession (clinical and non-clinical), the opportunity to enhance their knowledge, awareness and confidence in research.

Through the STARS programme we aim to equip staff with the necessary skills required to access and apply evidence in practice, nurture research engagement across the Trust and support staff to drive the direction of future research.

The programme is made up of three different pathways of workshops and a seminar series. All sessions are free and are delivered by MS Teams, with more sessions being added throughout the year. Workshops are open to MPFT staff only while our seminar series is also open to health and care organisations in the West Midlands.