Welcome to the Spring 2022 edition of the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership’s e-news with up to date news, events and information from our Social Work Teaching Partnership.
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About Us
The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership (YURTP) is a collaboration between the University of Huddersfield, University of York, Calderdale Council, Kirklees Council, City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council.
Working together, we deliver high quality training for social work students and qualified social workers in order to help them to develop the skills they need to work effectively in front line statutory services. For further information about the Teaching Partnership visit Inspiring Social Work.
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Teaching Partnership News
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You don't have to miss what's happening in the Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership.
Be the first to hear about events and to keep up to date on the latest news why not follow us on Twitter or visit our News webpage.
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World Social Work Day Events 15th March 2022
World Social Work Day is a celebration and recognises the hard work and dedication of social workers on an international stage.
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This year's theme: ´Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind´ coincides with the theme of the people´s summit that will take place on 29th June to 2nd July. It presents a vision and action plan to create new global values, policies and practices that develop trust, security and confidence for all people and the sustainability of the planet.
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The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Social Work Teaching Partnership are hosting 2 exciting virtual events focusing on the World Social Work Day theme.
The first event is a Practice Educator Event which provides a chance to celebrate our Partnership Practice Educators, for attendees to engage with key topics and reflect on their year and the challenges they have faced and overcome. The event includes student nominated awards to recognise the commitment and hard work of our Practice Educators.
The second is the Annual Conference, which forms part of Social Work England's Social Work Week. The theme 'Leaving No One Behind' complements the World Social Work Day Theme. It provides the opportunity for partners in the sector to join the celebration.
Please feel free to join our events by using the links above and help us celebrate World Social Work Day.
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Promoting a Career in Social Care
Social care is a sector which offers lots of rewarding careers, with many different job roles and opportunities for progression. It’s all about helping people. It doesn’t matter what kind of academic background you have there is an option for you with many roles offering on-the-job training. If you like working with people then somewhere in your community there’s a role you can do.
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Watch the following films to find out more:
Social Work Careers - you will hear from students, social workers and service users in our Teaching Partnership on what social work means to them.
Adults Social Care - find out more about about what Adults Social Care offers and the worthwhile job that can turn into a rewarding, long-term career.
Becoming a Social Worker - a social worker answers questions about becoming a social worker, their day to day job and the rewards and challenges of the role.
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Looking for Social Work job vacancies?
Whether you're looking for your first social work job or you're an experienced Social Worker looking for a new opportunity, our website advertises all social work vacancies in adults and children services within Calderdale Council, Kirklees Council, City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council.
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Continuous Professional Development
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New CPD Requirements for Social Workers who want to Maintain Professional Registration
Social Work England listened to feedback and enhanced the continuing professional development (CPD) requirements, which affect all social workers looking to renew their registration this year.
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All social workers in England must show they are keeping their skills up to date to maintain their professional registration and be able to practise. The changes are being brought in following extensive consultation last year, to raise standards in the sector and help social workers get the most out of their learning.
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We are pleased to bring you a selection of lunchtime learning seminars. The sessions are designed to reflect current development needs and are backed by research projects. We want Social Workers to enjoy their jobs, feel supported and have learning opportunities available to support practice.
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We are committed to developing your social work skills and experience, through a culture of continuous learning where you are inspired and can inspire others.
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Whether you missed an event or are looking for additional resources we can help. The Teaching Partnership has now added a past events page to our website.
You will find resources from some of the past events across the partnership to support further learning. It includes resources, evaluations, presentations and event recordings.
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Research Informed Practice
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The Pre-doctoral Local Authority Fellowship Scheme is now open for applications!
This initiative represents an exciting opportunity for a wide range of individuals. The scheme supports the academic ambitions of individuals wishing to develop as health and/or social care researchers whilst remaining employed, or at least engaged, within local authorities or local authority supporting services.
This fully funded pre-doctoral fellowship enables awardees to retain their existing employment contracts and salaries, whilst protecting their time to prepare an application for a PhD fellowship and undertake a fully funded programme of relevant Masters level training. The closing date for applications is 31st March 2022.
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Anti Racism in Social Work
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Launch of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan
Social Work England has made a commitment to #ActionNotJustWords by launching its first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan during Race Equality Week. The plan details progress since its Statement of Intent published last year to set out its ambitions for operating with equality, diversity and inclusion as part of its core business.
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Anti-Racist Practice
In a society that treats ‘whiteness’ as the default, racist ideas and beliefs arise in all areas of life and work. The Teaching Partnership recently hosted an event from University of York which explored various aspects of anti-racism, including unconscious bias, in relation to social work practice.
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Anti-Racism in Social Work
Events of the last year have brought racism to the forefront and prompted us all to reflect on racism, and our role in tackling inequality. Social workers are central to the action we need to take to address the prejudice we see in society.
To support our students and social workers we have gathered together resources which explore this subject in more depth, and we hope will help you to reflect on practice.
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Social Work in England: Emerging Themes
Social Work England (SWE), the specialist regulator for social workers have published their report which is the second step towards their final report in 2023.
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The report explains their work as the specialist regulator, shares insight into the profession, and includes voices of people with lived and learned experiences of social work.
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Revisiting Safeguarding Practice
Fran Leddra and Mark Harvey, former Joint Chief Social Workers for Adults are delighted to see the publication of their adult safeguarding guide, which they pledged to produce as part of their annual report last year.
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Lyn Romeo is back in post, of course, and we are pleased to continue the work on our shared priorities and support Lyn and her office to bring them to fruition.
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'Continuous professional development in safeguarding practice is essential if we are to serve individuals, families, and communities well. The recently published guidance will support local authority social workers to refresh their knowledge and understanding of their roles and responsibilities in responding to enquiries and concerns. It also provides a useful directory and links to relevant legislation and good practice guidance.' Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults
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Keep Up to Date on Children and Families
Why not follow Isabelle Trowler on Twitter. Isabelle Trowler is Chief Social Worker, Children and Families, who shares sector wide information and articles, keeping those in the sector informed.
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What do we know about children and young people deprived of their liberty in England and Wales? Following widespread concern in the child welfare system our newest report draws on national administrative data and research from the past 10 years. It summarises what we know about the number of children held in different settings, who the children are, where they are placed, their experiences of secure care, and what happens to them afterwards.
Why are we depriving our most vulnerable young people of their liberty?
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Is it care, or incarceration?
This animation by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory draws together some of the key findings from their latest report.
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