Teaching students to use motivational interviewing in their practice works!
When I developed the curriculum for the Think Ahead programme, I aimed to provide training for students which they could use directly in their practice. We selected a range of interventions which had some evidence
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Investment is needed to resolve recruitment and retention crisis in social care and social work, not more cuts.
Yesterday it emerged that a Government funding pledge of £500m to boost the social care workforce is being slashed in half. Following years of chronic under-funding for adult social care, this underlines its low priority
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A cross-Government social work task force led by the Office of the Chief Social Worker is needed to implement an ambitious programme of reform to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in social work.
There is a recruitment and retention crisis in social work in England. Vacancy and turnover rates are up, and most people do not stay in local authority social work for longer than 5 years. Government
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Systematic review of service user and carer involvement in social work education finds positive classroom experiences
Service user and carer involvement in social work education is well established in the UK and many other countries. The value of lived experience in informing social work programmes is indisputable. However, research on the
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Here’s an opportunity for a social work researcher or academic to join the Social Work Research Podcast working group
The Social Work Research Podcast has been going for over a year and has grown a strong following among social work students, practitioners and researchers. It was set up to help bring social work research
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Podcasts are becoming an increasingly popular source of learning for social workers. Either for continuing professional development (CPD) or just a bit of fun, the format provides a flexible and accessible way to engage with
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Please take part in our survey of community wellbeing in Greater Manchester
As part of a feasibility study of community-enhanced social prescribing, we are conducting a survey of community wellbeing in Greater Manchester. We are inviting residents of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Wigan and the
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We’re starting a new project evaluating supported volunteering at the Ripon Museum Trust.
A unique collaboration between the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research (ICMHSR) at the University of York and the Ripon Museum Trust (RMT) is starting to collect data for an evaluation of supported volunteering
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