Stepping Stones – from student to social worker training

***Please note rescheduled date***

Fully interactive session delivered by Siobhan Maclean virtually using MS Teams with a limited group size

The session will explore key aspects of the journey into social work following qualification. Hints and tips will be provided to support students and newly qualified social workers through their journey at that key transitional period. The session will explore hopes and fears, evidencing your journey and issues surrounding imposter syndrome.

Trainer Biog

Siobhan has been a social worker for 30 years and became a practice educator in 1995. Siobhan has worked independently for a number of years. As an independent her work is varied but includes training, devising practice learning resources and consultancy work. Siobhan still very much enjoys working as a practice educator and currently works with a few students a year in an off site capacity.

In 2004 Siobhan was appointed to the position of Secretary of the International Federation of Social Workers, holding this position for eight years. She still maintains close international links and enjoys working to support practice educators in countries where social work education is in the early stages of development.

Siobhan was recently appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Chester. She is also an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning.

Siobhan has written widely, mostly around social work theory and critical reflection. She is committed to making the knowledge base accessible to busy practitioners and set up Kirwin Maclean Associates as an independent publishing organisation based on the values and ethics of social work.