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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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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New 4-year integrated Masters qualifying programme in social work at the University of York is producing confident, skilled and experienced practitioners
There are currently a number of ways to qualify as a social worker in England. The minimum qualification required is a Bachelors degree, but there are employment-based and postgraduate routes too. Much of the controversy
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International handbook on practice research in social work is now published by Routledge
Today we are launching the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research. This is the first international handbook to focus on practice research for social work. We (Prof Lynette Joubert, University of Melbourne, and I)
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Work-based routes to qualifying in social work are not new. Step Up to Social Work and Frontline provide intensive graduate training in working with children and families leading to a qualification in social work. Think Ahead,
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First year social work students from the University of York spent the last day of this term at the Ripon Workhouse Museum. No, not an end-of-term jolly. They spent their time there drafting webpages to communicate
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This blog was initially established to help bridge a perceived gap between the worlds of social work academia and practice. I have used it to reflect on aspects of my work (with the odd post
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