“Social work is tough and challenging – we need to celebrate and be proud of what we do!”
Lucy Hopkins, experienced social worker and Head of Practice at WillisPalmer, on the importance of experienced social workers remaining in the profession.
As we are nearing the end of Social Work Week 2022, it is important to reflect on the great work that social workers do, day in, day out, using their skills, [...]
Stand United with Social Workers
Social workers should stand united following Social Work Week and pledge their support for the profession.
The #Respect4SocialWork campaign urges professionals to back calls for greater appreciation and respect of the complex and life changing work that social workers do on a daily basis.
We have seen a surge in social workers and [...]
Train in using ParentAssess
Post dated: 16.03.2022
WillisPalmer does not offer ParentAssess Training in house after the date shown above. To book onto a ParentAssess course click here.
Should you really want to up your game following Social Work Week, how about training in the ParentAssess model to assess parents with [...]
CPD Solutions
“Continuing Professional Development is an on-going, planned learning and development process, which improves practice, contributes to lifelong learning and enables career progression,” says the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).
Very often, as social workers, we undertake CPD in our everyday roles naturally. But such is the fast paced nature of social work, [...]
Pressure on mental health services after 4.3 million referrals in 2021
There were 4.3 million referrals to mental health services in 2021, as the COVID pandemic continued to impact on people’s emotional wellbeing, analysis by The Royal College of Psychiatrists has found.
According to the research by RCPsych, there were 3.3 million referrals to adult services and 1.025 million referrals of children and young [...]
Who makes up the social work workforce?
There are around 100,000 social workers in England, registered with the regulator Social Work England.
According to the Department for Education’s statistics, there were 32,502 children and family social workers at 30 September 2021.
But there were also 6,522 vacancies at the same time, up 7% from 2020 and the highest number in [...]
