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Wellbeing in the workplace and professional leadership training for Practice Assessors & Practice Educators

Part of BASW's Taught Skills Programmes for Practice Assessors & Practice Educators

Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams. Suitable for Practice Educators – (PEPS / PE Assessors, PEPS / PE Mentors, PEPS / PE Coordinators, Practice Mentor Assessors) and Practice Assessors (ASYE Assessors, NQSW Assessors, PAs of NQSWs, PAs of ASYEs, Supervisors of NQSWs, Supervisors of ASYEs).

Follow links for further sessions in the Practice Assessor Programme and the Practice Educator Programme

The session explores the importance of ensuring the well-being of NQSW’s in the workplace recognising the unique pressures NQSW/student/social work apprentice’s may experience.

In addition this course explore the importance of modelling professional leadership and encouraging NQSW/student/social work apprentice’s to develop as independent and confident practitioners.

Learning Outcomes: 

  • Consider the pressures that NQSW/student/social work apprentice’s may experience and the relevance of the power dynamics for NQSW’s in seeking support.
  • Explore how to model professional leadership.
  • Explore how to encourage NQSW/student/social work apprentice’s to develop independent practice.

Learning Methods: 

A combination of learning methods will be used throughout the session, including lecture, workshop and group work. Interactive and experiential methods, group and pair work, and interactive activities in the form of quizzes, polls, case studies, and reflection dilemmas will be used, to inform participant learning and support application to practice.  

Resources Required: 

This course will be delivered by MS Teams, please ensure your IT equipment is updated and is running audio/visual and the latest version of Teams – please use the joining instructions provided. 

Programme Outline:   

Introductions, ground rules & Explanation of online methods 

Pressures on NQSW

  • Study/Assessment fatigue – working and being assessed.
  • Adapting to increased workload.
  • Learning to live with the responsibility of the role.
  • Accepting the difference between the vision and reality/ ethical dilemmas in practice
  • Fear of failure

COFFEE / SCREEN BREAK 

Ways of supporting wellbeing

  • Acknowledge power
  • Provide genuine opportunities to talk
  • Consider a buddy/mentor/peer support
  • Model help-seeking
  • Regular reflective supervision

Modelling Leadership / Encouraging independence

  • Sharing decision-making
  • Sharing mistakes & learning
  • Supported opportunities to lead
  • Reflecting on learning & progressing.

Feedback & Evaluation 

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The Trainer:

Lizzie Furber - Principal Social Worker

Lizzie is a Social Work England registered social worker, warranted Approved Mental Health Professional and Practice Educator. Lizzie has a decade's experience in a range of statutory mental health settings and specialises in working with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness. Lizzie currently works as a senior practitioner in a rough sleepers' mental health team in East London. 
 
Lizzie has particular interest in Care Act 2014 s42 enquiries and self-neglect, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and executive capacity, Mental Health Act assessments for street homeless people and trauma-informed care. Lizzie has experience providing training for Social Work students, ASYE social workers and front-line practitioners in health and social care with the aim of promoting legal literacy and best practice when working with marginalised and "challenging to engage" populations.

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