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CWDC Social Work Projects Mike Lauerman
(CWDC) JSWEC Homerton College Cambridge 11
July 2008

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Aims and outcomes of Social Work Projects
To improve the capacity, skills and supply of
social workers in childrens services
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Challenges

• Clarity of social work role
• Expectations of educators and trainers
• Employer expectations
• Career pathway
• Retention of practitioners in the front line
• Supervision
• CPD

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Career Pathway
Social Work Career Framework
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Work streams

• Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW)
• Remodeling Social Work Delivery Pilot (RSWDP)
• Early Professional Development for Social
• Workers  (EPD)
• Fast Track Route to Qualifying as a Social Worker
• Support for 'grow your own' social worker
• Marketing the social worker role
• Career framework for social workers
• Social Work Education Partnership
• Vision for social workers in a children's setting

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Timescales or major milestones

• Early professional Development Autumn 2008
• Newly Qualified Social Workers 2008/09
• Advanced Practitioner Spring 2009
• Regional Social Work recruitment and retention
• Current
• Marketing campaign January 2009

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Stakeholders

• DCSF Department of Children, Schools and
• Families
• GSCC General Social Care Council
• HEIs Higher Education Institutions
• ADCS Association of Directors of Children
  Services
• LGA/LGE - Local Government Association/ Local
• Government Employers
• SfC - Skills for Care
• BASW British Association of Social Workers
• TUs Trade Unions

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Challenges

• Complexity of current arrangements
• Recruitment and retention
• Variations (roles, performance, structures)
• Scale and number of initiatives
• Times scales
• System capacity
• Clarification of Outcomes

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Questions

• The proposed career framework?
• How do HEIs regard the challenges?
• Employer expectations of HEIs?
• SW expectations of employers?
• Professions expectations of HEIs?
• Challenge of readiness to practice?
• Access to qualifying courses?

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Contact details
Mike Lauerman Mobile [phone] Email
mike.lauerman_at_btinternet.com Nikki Prasad Tel
0113 390 7628 Email nicola.prasad_at_cwdcouncil.org.
uk CWDC 2nd Floor, City Exchange 11 Albion
Street Leeds LS1 5ES Website www.cwdcouncil.org.u
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