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Lucy

“Social work is tough and challenging – we need to celebrate and be proud of what we do!”

16/03/2022
Est. Reading: 4 minutes

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, knowledge and [...]

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Interview with Pauline Jordan

01/11/2021
Est. Reading: 5 minutes

Independent Social Worker Pauline Jordan is the latest recruit to WillisPalmer’s quality assurance team.

WillisPalmer invests heavily in quality assurance to enable us to uphold the high standards we provide and, as a result, our quality assurance team has grown as we have recruited more multi-disciplinary professionals to ensure that each and every report [...]

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Interview with ISW Lyn Newberry

28/09/2021
Est. Reading: 5 minutes

While everyone has been impacted by COVID-19 over the past 18 months, some have definitely been hit harder than others. This includes Independent Social Worker Lyn Newberry who experienced flu like symptoms last September, tested positive for Covid in October, resulting in a six day hospital spell.

Lyn Newberry

Since October, Lyn has experienced ‘long COVID’ [...]

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Working with WillisPalmer

Quarter of social workers say CPD is ‘box ticking exercise’ while 60% don’t have time

25/05/2021
Est. Reading: 4 minutes

More than a quarter of social workers in England see Continued Professional Development as a box ticking exercise, research has found.

CPD is a requirement of registration with Social Work England and all social workers must record a minimum of one piece of CPD per registration period, although the regulator recommends that CPD should be [...]

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Mary

How social workers became the 5th emergency service during lockdown

12/05/2021
Est. Reading: 9 minutes

Interview with our experienced and highly respected Independent Social Worker Mary Cullen on social workers going above and beyond for vulnerable families during the COVID-19 pandemic

ISW Mary Cullen

Social workers have shown immense resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and had little choice but to place any health anxieties to one side, don their protective [...]

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Calling all experienced skilled children’s social workers wanting to move into independent work

20/06/2020
Est. Reading: 2 minutes

- Have you worked in children’s social work for more than five years?

- Are you skilled, highly trained and motivated?

- Are you passionate about achieving the best outcomes for children?

- Has lockdown made you evaluate your work-life balance?

Whether you have been furloughed, working from home or it has been business as usual, lockdown has, for [...]

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