Strength in Working Together 21st July 2017 Tricia Pereira – Adults PSW Cindy Marais – Principal Children & Families SW

Let our differences be the driving force From face value we are different But actually are we so different? Same Values / motivation / goals/ aspirations

Baking a Social Work cake: Basic ingredients Core Approaches & Basic SW training The tools Management & Reflective Supervision peer support, CPD and development Find a recipe to follow; Evidence informed practice, you know what works C, E and N to use this slide to introduce the ‘dilemma’ of practice framework and the recipe The main ingredients… Core Social Work training Relationship Based & Strengths Based approach …make a great social work cake. Management supervision , CPD and development, The tools – Approaches and methods in your areas or work RIP and Ripfa logo – evidence informed practice, you know what works Sweeteners Special ingredient 1 RP –Flavour taste of RP, Special Ingredient 2 – Systemic Quantities of each – that’s our practice model. In the TP here is where people have developed their recipes The special ingredients “ The sweeteners & the flavour”

Understanding Similarities (Shared vision - Practice framework) Children’s Social care Adults Social Care RBG this is how we work - delivered by Cindy and Tricia 5 mins

SEL Teaching Partnership pulling Adult’s and Children’s services together How has the teaching partnership brought us together? Have we become stronger because of it? What are we doing together: We are the face of the TP in Royal Greenwich Influencing & Delivering the work program Joint newsletter Similar practice framework Embedded the KSS What are we proud of? Of our ability to be resilient & creative –We are flexible & adaptable!

What is going well Inaugural Conference Relationships strengthened KSS Self Evaluation tool Step-Up Centre of Excellence Teaching Consultants Academics in Practice Increased CPD opportunities Mental Health Student Unit Increased interest in RBG – Raising the Profile Career pathways: Practice Education Direct Practice Leadership & Management Relationships strengthened around  – university and work places, between local authorities,  within local authorities and between children and adults social work.   Career pathways  - integration of KSS, clear pathway from student, ASYE, Consolidating Practice and Proficient Social Worker; staying in practice, education and leadership in management. Evidence Informed Practice - Research in Practice resources has been a catalyst

What have been the challenges? Initial uncertainty - going into the unknown…….. Developing our shared vision – find our similarities Taking on new roles –Workforce advisor & RIPfa/RIP Link Officer roles Delay from central government - Forging ahead with the practical coordination of activities, whilst addressing bringing together thinking on vision, values and practice models. More a sprint than a marathon - capacity issues! Delay from central government - we had to charge ahead with practical coordination of activities and address the bringing together thinking on vision, values and practice models. More a sprint than a marathon so capacity issues.   Not streamlined and integrated processes quickly enough both locally and as a partnership – practice education / endorsers and CPD Opportunities is an example. We are in quite different places around knowing our workforce and therefore this impacts on the work stream around having sufficient able social workers, supervisors and leaders

Successful working together is about relationship based practice: “Relationship-based practice is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be at the heart of all good social work practice” Gillian Ruch

Key Reflections… Build in contingency plans to planning so robust processes around matching Teaching Partnership Opportunities: have a data list of all our staff that covers this   Improve processes around SPOC for communications, capacity to cover contingencies and absences We need to spend more time sharing our vision and approach to achieving a permanent secure capable well led workforce

Reflections on the role of the PSW The differing view of the status & effectiveness of the PSW role within Children & Adult Social Work Q – for discussion Resilience – Continuous challenges; how do we keep our motivation, our vision, our determination, our creativity? In order to influence and support improvements in practice – leading to better outcomes for people we work with? The influence