Centre For Post Qualifying Social Work
Publications
Listed below are brief details of recent articles, research reports and guides written by staff at the Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work.
Diane Galpin and Jo Parker, 2007. Adult Protection in mental health and in-patient settings: an analysis of the recognition of adult abuse and use of adult protection procedures in working with vulnerable adults.
Journal of Adult Protection, 9(2), 6-10.
Although there has been a commitment to develop a policy framework to support vulnerable adults at risk of abuse, there remains concern around its lack of use within National Health Service in-patient settings and mental health services in particular. A gap between policy and practice appears to have developed which leaves in-patients vulnerable to inadequate responses to allegations of adult abuse. This article will provide a critical overview of the policy and practice issues that affect the use of adult protection procedures.
Keith Brown, Natalie Bates and Steven Keen. Show me the money! Is the current workforce development funding system working or not? Community Care, 29th March 2007.
At the end of 2006, Learn to Care published a survey of its members’ use of the Department of Health’s workforce development grants. This article considers the results and their implications in light of recent debates.
Sarah Williams and Lynne Rutter. Enabling and Assessing Work-Based Learning for Social Work. Supporting the development of professional practice (2007) . £15.00.
This ‘practice guide’ is aimed primarily at qualified social workers undertaking the ‘Enabling Learning’ part of the PQ Specialist Awards. It has therefore been specifically designed for those involved in the facilitation and assessment of social work learning at both pre and post qualification levels. The book should be seen as a handbook to guide thinking and practice. It attempts to provide sufficient theory and discussion to help gain new understanding in enabling the learning of others and explores the wider notion of professional capability as well as practice competence. It also uses activities to encourage critical reflection on areas of practice when studying for a Specialist Award. For copies of this report, please contact the Centre for Post-qualifying Social Work at pqsw@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Sarah Williams and Lynne Rutter. ' Enabling Others' - information and advice for employers on the new PQ requirements for Practice Education (2007).
Commisioned by Skills for Care, this book has been written to provide information and advice for employers on how they can support their staff to meet the requirements for practice education within the revised post qualifying framework. From 2008 onwards all post qualifying specialist and higher specialist social work awards must include learning which prepares candidates to enable others within their workplace as a core part of their curriculum. At the specialist level the GSCC require that candidates will be involved with supporting and assessing the learning of a social work student as part of their demonstration of competence for the award.
This book contains information on the GSCC requirements for the specialist awards and a range of ideas and advice for employers on how candidates can flexibly meet those requirements in a way which is meaningful for both the candidates and for the learners that they will be supporting.
The book is available free of charge as a download from the Skills for Care website 
for more information contact Sarah Williams or Lynne Rutter.
Keith Brown and Ivan Gray. Scoping and Development of a Regional PQ Leadership and Management Pathway. Final report for Skills for Care South West September 2007.
In March 2007 The Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work at Bournemouth University was commissioned by the Skills for Care South West Region, to scope the features of a Post Qualifying pathway in Leadership and Management that would both meet the requirements of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) and respond to the needs of employers in the region.
After consultation with employers on their management development needs a discussion document was circulated to employers in the South West, mobilising the Learn to Care network of workforce development managers and the Bournemouth University Carer and Service User Partnership Group to assist with the consultation process. Two forums were then held in the summer of 2007 to provide detailed discussion of the document. Subsequently members of the Independent, Voluntary and Private sectors were consulted separately. This, the final report, was produced for Skills for Care in the autumn of 2007.
A key finding was that a full Post Qualifying pathway that runs from ‘H’ through ‘M’ level, encompassing Specialist, Higher Specialist and Advanced awards, will respond to the full range of developmental needs that first line, middle and senior managers will have, will be more likely to be respond to organisational requirements and will better support Continuing Professional Development. For further information, or a copy of the report, please contact Ivan Gray on igray@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Keith Brown, Natalie Bates and Steven Keen. Supporting the continual professional development needs of internationally qualified social workers (2007).
The Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work at Bournemouth University was commissioned by Skills for Care in 2007 to explore the continuing professional development (CPD) needs of internationally qualified social workers. One of the project’s outcomes is to develop the basis of a post-qualifying social work course to support the CPD needs of internationally qualified social workers. Key findings of the project indicate that a structured induction and support provision, such as mentoring, are essential factors in enabling a smooth transition to life and employment in the UK. Adjusting to the English culture and being accepted by other members of the social work team can also prove challenging. The final report reflects upon the perspectives of international social workers employed in the UK and the specific CPD needs identified are used to develop the basis of post-qualifying social work course for such workers. For further information on the project, or to request a copy of the final report, please contact Keith Brown at the Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work (pqsw@bournemouth.ac.uk).
Keith Brown, Natalie Bates and Steven Keen.
Learn to Care's Local government social care workforce development expenditure: a survey of trends and funding (2007).
Learn to Care represents people engaged in the management and implementation of workforce development in the social care sector. Learn to Care has undertaken an annual survey of its members since 2004 to see how the Department of Health’s National Training Strategy Grant and the Human Resources Development Strategy Grant are being used in England. This report details the findings from the 2007 survey and compares them with its predecessors. The 2007 survey asks questions around the Department of Health’s training and workforce development grants; the funding of workforce development in the voluntary, independent and private (VIP) sector; the involvement of people who use services and their informal carers; and good practice examples. The full report can be accessed via the Learn to Care website .
Keith Brown, Tikki Immins, Natalie Bates, Ivan Gray, Lynne Rutter, Steven Keen, Jonathan Parker and members of the Project's Steering Group. Tracking the learning and development needs of newly qualified social workers project (2007).
This report, commissioned by Skills for Care South West, tracks the learning and development needs of newly qualified social workers in the South West region through their first year of employment. It evaluates the newly qualified social workers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the new social work degree and their induction and/or probation periods, and tracks their progress towards post-qualifying education. The report finds that the new social work degree appears to have prepared most newly qualified social workers with the right knowledge, understanding and skills for their first post. However, it highlights a number of learning and development needs that require attention, such as report writing, record keeping and court skills; and the vital role of induction and probation periods, and how the post-qualifying consolidation and preparation for specialist practice unit might be utilised within them. For further information, or a copy of the report, please contact Tikki Immins on timmins@bournemouth.ac.uk
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