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

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

3. 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”

4. 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

5. 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!

6. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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