Children's and Adult's social care
Health promotion training
Run by the NHS Health Promotion Training Specialists programmes are offered, such as HIV awareness to improve health and reduce health inequalities. Visit
http://www.southwarkpct.nhs.uk/healthy_living/health_promotion_training
NHS Southwark and Lambeth Health Library
The Lambeth and Southwark Health Library is a specialist health promotion and public health library. It holds a collection of books, CD-ROMs, journals, reports, leaflets, teaching packs, DVDs, educational models and much more. Visit them at
http://www.lambethpct.nhs.uk/about_nhs_lambeth/health_library
Social work in children’s specialist teams
Welcome to working as a Southwark Children’s Social Worker. Southwark offers a mix of learning activities, such as post qualifying programmes and additional training and resources. Look out for training offered within your teams, by our own experienced social workers, as well as for the courses on this site and access to external programmes.
General Social Care Council (GSCC) registration moves to the Health Professional Council (HPC)
Follow this link for important changes to the social work registration process
Practice educator framework in Southwark
England-wide standards on social work student placements are set to change. The new framework has been designed to support us all to improve the quality of assessing and supervising of student social workers on placement. From September 2013 a new 'practice educator framework' takes effect.
Making Research Count (MRC)
Southwark subscribes to MRC. In each session, the speaker will discuss recent research on a topic and its implications for social work and social care practice. You can book seminars and workshops locally at http://www.beds.ac.uk/research/iasr/mrc/events
Research in Practice (RiP)
Southwark subscribes to RiP. The website has tools, publications and information as well as training and events taking place across the country. There are also a number of e-learning programmes and activities to support you in your profession. www.rip.org.uk
British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)
Southwark are members of BAAF, and we can support applications for courses through the sponsorship forms. Visit http://www.baaf.org.uk/training
Social Care Institute for Excellence (scie)
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) are an independent charity working with adults, families and children's social care and social work services across the UK. It works to improve the lives of those using care services by sharing information and experience about what works. They develop useful resources in collaboration with experts – this includes service users and their carers. Take a look at their free eLearning courses http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/elearning/index.asp
