Friday 11th December saw us crown the winners of our Teaching Partnership Social Work Awards. Well done to everyone who was nominated and a big thank you to our shortlisting team and those who presented the awards – it was a great celebration of excellent social work practice. Details of those shortlisted and the winners and special mentions can be found in the presentation below:
Ensure the highest calibre of social work students with the attributes, competencies and passion needed to thrive in the profession are recruited to our academic programmes.
Develop a curriculum that aligns with local need and is grounded not only in research and the CSWs’ KSS, but also in practice.
Give students the experience and support they need to ensure they are ready to practice within our region as Newly Qualified Social Workers.
Ensure practice across our region is consistently informed by theory and research and that academics’ teaching is equally informed by practice.
Create regional progression pathways and CPD opportunities capable of attracting and retaining the best and brightest social workers in the UK.
Better understand our regional labour market to enable us to develop a robust plan to meet our partnership’s current and future workforce demands.