Internationally, Community-based Social Work (CSW) is definitely NOT dead in the water.
Nations, continually facing country-wide disasters, know they need to support whole communities. We knew it too when Covid first hit us. Facebook groups helping local people sprang up everywhere. They have died down now because there are no resources to sustain the work.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inspection, Local authority departments, Placements, Private / independent sector, Solicitors, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Capacity Assessments (Court of Protection & Family Court), Deprivation of Liberty, Regulation 44 Visits, Risk Assessments, Parenting Assessments
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Inter-agency working, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Research, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
AMHP, BIA, PE, Teaching and academic research. Research Methods, Social Policy, Mental Health Law, the Mental Capacity Act
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Inter-agency working, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Care Act Assessment, Knowledge of Care Programme Approach. Mental Capacity Act Assessment. Strength Based Assessment. Experience in quality assurance of assessments and support plans.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Expert witness, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Review and evaluation
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Registered Social Worker who demonstrates personal and professional resilience, high standards of social work practice.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Expert witness, Inspection, Local authority departments, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Supervision, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Extensive experience in Safeguarding, Education, Criminal Justice, Children's Social Care and the Faith sector enables me to offer a range of consultation and training services.
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Private / independent sector, Regulatory bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Direct work with service users -Assessments & report writing for courts and other regulatory bodies - Youth Justice - Disability - Advocacy - Volunteering.