Managing Unseen Risk Training for Students/NQSWs negotiating complex and unpredictable contexts

***Session for students & NQSWs only***

Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams.

Part 5 of 8 in BASW's NQSW CPD Programme - click here to view the full series

You can attend all eight sessions or choose to book onto specific courses in the programme.

Suitable for newly qualified social workers and students

Managing Risk Training for Students/NQSWs negotiating complex and unpredictable contexts supports the Following National Requirements:
 

England: PCF7 – Interventions and Skills, Adult PQS6 – Effective Assessment and Outcome-Based Support Planning, Childrens PQS7 – Analysis, Decision-Making, Planning and Review.
 

Scotland: CLE2 – Communication, engagement and relationship-based practice/ CLE3 – Critical Thinking, Professional Judgement and Decision-Making / CLE4 – Working with complexity in unpredictable and ambiguous contexts
 

Wales and Northern Ireland: NOS2 – Practise Professional Social Work, NOS3 – Promote Engagement and Participation, NOS5 – Plan for Person Centred Outcomes
 

Course Outline:
A particular anxiety for newly qualified frontline practitioners is the assessment of risk, this workshop gives frontline practitioners in both Children and Adults settings some frameworks for conceptualising and assessing risks; ideas to consider for triangulating information effectively and methods of analysing and articulating risk.

This session is an opportunity for professionals to share ideas and experiences from their own practice and engage in valuable peer support which can increase professional confidence and resilience. The course will explore the impact of our own values, bias and beliefs on understanding, assessing and managing risk including an exploration of whether this makes our practice risk adverse or conversely prompts unsafe risk-taking. The principles of safe accountable positive risk-taking will be explored. Recording decision-making around risk in a defensible manner will also be covered.

Learning Methods:
This training is delivered using an online interactive classroom approach and all delegates will be expected to take part to ensure an effective adult learning experience. Using whiteboards and breakout rooms, a combination of learning methods will be used throughout the day, including trainer presentation and group work in the form of case studies and reflection dilemmas to support application to practice. Local templates and expectations will be embedded in the programme where required and appropriate.

Learning Outcomes:
This course will provide participants with the following learning outcomes:

• Explore the impact of our personal and professional values on how we view and respond to risk.
• Be able to identify possible risks
• Be able to conceptualise risk to help assess the likelihood of a negative outcome and evaluate the options for managing the risks effectively.
• Explore ways of assessing risk and triangulating information.
• Explore the principles of positive risk-taking.
• Know how to seek support and/or escalate concerns.
• Know how to record risk in an accountable manner.

Programme Outline:
9.00 Log-in – Check your connection, camera & mic (then get a cuppa)
9.30 Introduction to the session and the tech
9.45 Defining Risk:
10.15 Understanding our Perceptions of Risk:

• Beliefs & values
• Experience & Knowledge
• Role and Remit.

11.00 COFFEE
11.20 Conceptualising Risk

• Static & Dynamic Risk.
• Assessing Likelihood and seriousness.
• Safe uncertainty.

12.30 LUNCH
1.15 Understanding capacity, choice & the right to make unwise decisions:

• The relationship between Capacity, Risk and Safeguarding Duties
• Can Children and Parents make unwise decisions?
• Risk assessment & management in relation to unwise decisions

2.30 COFFEE

2.50 Positive Risk-Taking Principles:

• Why, When and How to take positive risks.
• Barriers to Service User Engagement.
• Collaborative Risk Management Plans.
• Assessing when positive risk-taking is not appropriate.
• Knowing how, when and why to review risk management

3.50 Recording risk in an accountable and defensible manner:

• Recording the assessment of risk.
• Articulating whose risk it is to take.
• Being clear on actions to prevent, manage or respond to risk.

4.15 Reflection and Review – learning points and next steps.
4.30 CLOSE

The Trainer:

Tony Clamp, Specialist Trainer (Motivational Interviewing)

Tony is an Social Work England registered Social Worker with 25 years experience in both the voluntary & statutory sectors of social care.  

​Since qualifying as a Social Worker, Tony has held academic positions at a number of British universities, as well as spending time as a children's social care practitioner. 

Tony is an experienced motivational interviewing practitioner and trainer.  ​As one of DCC-i's core crew, Tony specialises in Motivational Interviewing and its application in practice as a means to improve the quality of child & family safeguarding.
 

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