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Zoom meeting Thursday 10 December 2020
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@AdultPSWNetwork
An update from the Chief Social Worker’s Office December 2020
OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE…….
Much of our annual priorities for 2019-20 were put on hold due
to Covid-19 pressures but our mission and commitment
remained the same
1. ensure that people are receiving the best care and support (especially)
during this challenging time
2. continue to champion the importance of care provision and decision
making to be centred around strengths, community, and place
3. during covid-19: support the social work workforce and inform Adult
Social Care policy teams and Officials on ongoing response planning
and strategy going into Winter and as lockdown measures ease
4. A focus on the Adult Safeguarding Forum which brings together
representation across the heath and care sector to discuss and mitigate
safeguarding risks
5. work with the sector to understand research gaps, and the best way of
addressing these to ensure learning is captured and actioned in any
future responses to disasters
HEADLINES
• Tests have begun and are being deployed in a strategic way across groups.
Domiciliary workers are currently being test and in January, this will move to
PAs
• The Covid-19 vaccination programme is now underway and we are working
closely with policy colleagues across Government to ensure the vaccine is
shared fairly and safely beginning with those with the most need. This includes
planned communications from the CSWs on issues of mental capacity and
consent
• DHSC has recently published Covid-19 guidance for visiting in and out of
care homes
o Providers should develop a dynamic risk assessment to help them decide how to
safely enable visiting, in a way that takes account of the individual needs of their
residents, and the physical and other features unique to the care home
o Where necessary, social workers can help resolve any issues or concerns, and to
ensure professional support and oversight where required
HEADLINES
• This week the DHSC announced the appointment of Professor Deborah
Sturdy as the new Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care. We are looking
forward to working closely with Deborah to strengthen and support the adult
social care nursing workforce, and to continue providing strong professional
leadership to the sector
• We will soon be communication to DASSs and PSWs on the outcome and
findings from the recent two-monthly review of the provision to use
easements to the Care Act
UPCOMING PROJECTS
Transitional safeguarding:
➢ working to develop practice guidance with a focus on criminal and sexual exploitation
Adult safeguarding Code of Practice aimed for completion in Spring 2021:
➢ Aimed to be completed Spring 2021
➢ Will support LA safeguarding teams to ensure statutory responses are informed by a
consistent and person-centred approach
➢ Supports our wider aim to ensure good quality safeguarding/support social workers as
the lead profession for this statutory duty
ASC Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES)
➢ Work is underway on the development and initial implementation of the WRES
➢ We have had positive interest from LAs, with a good range of regional representation.
Selected sites will be announced soon
MUSIC FOR DEMENTIA Last week, Music for Dementia published their excellent guide for social workers on how to embed music in personalised social care plans for people living with dementia and their carers.
QUESTIONS
Update Support for PSWs
In July 2020 the following offer was made to
PSWs:
• Peer professional support
• Self-facilitated action learning
• Sharing resources
• PSW leadership support package
@AdultPSWNetworkDraft workplan discussion
Headlines
Peer professional support for PSWs
Increasing opportunities for PSWs to participate in network activities
Addressing inequalities in the network
Developing partnerships between the PSW network and other bodies
Supporting the CSWs with their annual priorities
@AdultPSWNetworkWork Plan Discussion
Peer Professional support for Opportunities for peer professional support 1. Review take up of peer professional support /
PSWs and development are available for PSWs new self-facilitated action learning / regional
to the role through the network. networks – promote take-up (ongoing)
2. Consult with DHSC and SfC on the refresh of the
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the value PSW Leadership Development Programme
and importance of supporting each other in 3. Reinforce the sustainability of the PSW role and
uncertain times. position through;
• the development of guidance/events for aspiring
Recent network discussions have highlight PSWS – to do
further areas for action: • maintaining support for new PSWs - peer
a. supporting the development of aspiring mentoring, SfC Leadership Programme
PSWs especially those from black and • development of established PSWS – peer
minority communities mentoring, ADASS Leadership Programme
b. enhancing the development
opportunities for established PSW
members
@AdultPSWNetworkWork Plan Discussion
Increasing opportunities for The existing leadership structure Proposals to be discussed at December
PSWs to participate in network (national chair / vice-chair and regional Network Meeting, as well as with regional
activities network chairs) requires review because: chairs in meeting in January 2021
a. new approaches to sharing the
workload will enable the network
to further increase its’ visibility and
influence
b. to enhance connectivity between
national and regional activity
c. to increase access to national
development opportunities for PSW
network members
Draft Proposal - Two engagement options for discussion
Network members with specific areas of interest and specialism to get involved in national network activities.
The level and type of involvement is negotiable and may include:
• Being on steering groups
• Inputting into new resources and documents
• Giving a comment on articles and reports
• Being on webinar panels
• Co-designing documents
Individual PSWs are able to register their interest at any time
@AdultPSWNetworkIncreased PSW Involvement
Two engagement options for discussion
1) Network members with specific areas of interest and specialism to get involved in national network
activities.
The level and type of involvement is negotiable and may include:
• Being on steering groups
• Inputting into new resources and documents
• Giving a comment on articles and reports
• Being on webinar panels
• Co-designing documents
Individual PSWs are able to register their interest at any time
The Chair(s) and vice-chair hold overall responsibility for agreeing the nature of the involvement with the
individuals concerned. Once this is agreed, those PSWs join a pool of volunteers to be called upon on a need to
act basis.
The pool of volunteers will be maintained by the contractor (ie Skills for Care).
Some members have already expressed interest and we will be contacting them in the near future to discuss
their interests @AdultPSWNetworkIncreased PSW Involvement
2) Alongside this, additional development opportunities exist for a limited number of experienced
PSWs to put themselves forward to support the chair(s) and vice-chair in the following ways:
• Taking the lead on developing relationships with allied bodies
• Becoming the recognised network lead in identified areas of relevance to PSW activity.
The lead areas and allied bodies will be identified by the Chair(s) and the role will involve:
Acting as the network link with allied bodies, establishing and maintaining these national relationships
to maintain the PSW profile within and beyond the social work community
Ensuring that PSW network members are kept abreast of all relevant developments with those bodies –
this may involve contributing to network meetings / circulating information etc
Connecting with the Chair(s) and vice-chair on a regular basis to ensure that they have the overview of
all activity
The network TOR will be amended to reflect incorporation of new opportunities for participation
@AdultPSWNetworkWork Plan Discussion
Addressing inequalities in the Data from the PSW annual surveys and 1. Development of an action plan for
network recent discussions within network consultation with regional chairs and at the
meetings have highlighted an imbalance December network meeting
within the PSW community which has
raised a challenge for the network.
@AdultPSWNetworkAddressing Inequality
You said:
Crucial for PSWs to speak with BAME staff members – ask, listen, believe, take seriously
Positive action - interview prep; reverse mentoring; additional shadowing / secondments etc
Coordinated activity on “World Social Work” Day– same theme for all organisations.
Ongoing conversations about diversity matters
Capturing the stories of individual PSWs to provide encouragement and motivation for others
Prioritising BAME personnel for leadership training etc
✓ 2020 election – white PSWs standing aside if minority groups want to come forward.
PSW being aware of the demographics in their organisation.
Professional development programmes/resources/guidance – e.g Women and Race
Support from senior managers and creating opportunities to develop e.g mentoring
Fact finding – what prevents BAME staff from moving through career pathways into senior roles
Establish BAME staff forums
Review recruitment processes and reduce barriers for certain groups
PSW’s – take personal responsibility for actions and behaviour, as well as keep this on the agenda
and central to all service developments etc
Supervision Practice – ensure that conversations about discrimination are held regularly
Look at how social work training addresses this issue – is it implicit or explicit, how has it changed
over the last 20 years, is there complacency?
BAME aspiring managers / leaders - courses/webinars – learning directly from the experiences of
BAME Managers and Leaders
@AdultPSWNetworkAddressing Inequality –
proposed actions
➢ Coordinated activity on “World Social Work” Day– same
theme for all organisations
➢ Establish a BAME PSW Forum
➢ Capture and publish the stories of individual PSWs to provide
encouragement and motivation for others, run engagement
sessions for aspiring PSW’s
➢ Contribute to and influence inequality programmes of other
key organisations e.g ADASS, BASW
➢ Take part in the WRES Pilot for Social Care
@AdultPSWNetworkWork Plan Discussion
Developing partnerships While the network is already widely Key Partnerships;
between the PSW network and recognised by strategic partners as
other bodies providing an important channel for Chief Social Workers
communication and consultation with the Children’s PSW Network
PSW community, there is further scope ADASS
for raising our profile and influence at a NICE
national level. Social Work England
BASW
All PSW’s
Regional Chairs
@AdultPSWNetworkSupporting the Chief Social Regular catch-up meetings with the CSWs to be
Workers with their annual arranged
priorities
Update slot for CSWs at each of the network
meetings
@AdultPSWNetworkComfort break
We’ll see you back here at 11:25
Feel free to turn off your camera and microphone if
you need a break from the screen.
@AdultPSWNetworkChair/acting vice chair update
Jenefer Rees and Sharon Smith
@AdultPSWNetworkEnabling positive change in social work Kate Metcalf, Regional Engagement Lead (South East) Kate.Metcalf@socialworkengland.org.uk Twitter:@KateMetcalf1 Jess McEwen, Regional Engagement Lead (Midlands) Jess.McEwen@socialworkengland.org.uk Twitter: @McEwenJess
Registration renewals
- 93% (90,402) of practitioners have renewed.
- A further 1.5% applied to renew but didn’t upload their CPD.
They have been contacted and asked to upload their CPD by
the 21st December
- 5.5% (5,309) practitioners did not renew and so will be removed
from the register. This is in line with previous years, with 4,000
to 6,000 practitioners leaving the register each year.
- We have now notified people to say that they have failed to
renew and will be removed. Renewed successfully
- The register has now been updated – those who renewed Applied to renew but no CPD
successfully will have a status of ‘registered’ and a registered Failed to renew
until date of 30 November 2021. Those who did not submit their
renewal application will have a status of ‘no longer registered –
failed to renew’.1 Year Anniversary “I wouldn’t want to speak for the whole sector, but I feel a stronger sense of professional identity and commitment to the profession with Social Work England.” Francesca Carpenter, Social Worker and National Advisory Forum Member
Research The social work profession - Social Work England - conduct a quantitative and qualitative research study on perceptions of social work in England. Perceptions of social work - Social Work England - explore and understand knowledge, experiences and perceptions of social work among those who have used its services and the general public. We have commissioned two further research projects which will be carried out during 2021. the first will look at education and training, with a particular focus on specialist regulation, Covid-19 responses, and equality, diversity and inclusion. The second research project will enable us to learn about people's lived experiences of support from approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) and best interests assessors (BIAs).
Consultation • We are currently preparing for the end of the EU exit transition period and how this might affect our regulation of social workers in England. As of 1 January 2021, there will be changes to our regulations in the way we register applicants from the EU. This means that we have to make changes to our rules and consult on the proposed changes. • We have launched our consultation that sets out the changes we need to make to our rules and would welcome your views. If you would like to provide any comments on the changes, please respond using our online survey, or our consultation email address, consultation.responses@socialworkengland.org.uk. The consultation will run until 22 December at 12pm. • Following the consultation, we will consider responses and publish a consultation response along with the final rules on our website.
Social Work Week 2021
www.socialworkengland.org.uk/social-work-week/
8 - 12 March 2021
A major new event in the social work sector calendar
Will feature 50+ events and activities over the week
Social Work Week will bring people from the sector together to learn, connect, and engage
with their regulator
4 key themes:
1. Understanding your regulator
2. Social Work and me: living the professional standards
3. Equality, diversity, and inclusion: social work from different perspectives
4. The future of social work: what next?ADASS update: for the Adult PSW
network
Claire Barcham –
Senior Policy Officer (Practice)Work So far... • Monthly catch ups with PSW regional chairs set up • Starting to involve interested PSWs in ADASS networks and policy groups • Work on ‘Spring Board’ course continuing – codeveloped with PSW network chairs, and 1st cohort we hope will start before the end of March 2021 • Supporting development and roll out of Social Work Health Check • Getting PSW network and regional chairs involved in policy development (see next slides…)
LPA and OPG developments
• What needs to change around Lasting Powers of Attorney and the Office of
the Public Guardian?
• What’s the right balance between right to make choices about who takes on LPA
and safeguards? Would it be appropriate to suggest LPAs should have DBS checks?
Would that be proportionate?
• What are the challenges with their operation? Ie process of appeals where donnee
and recipient have different views about where they should live?What does your DASS need to
know about Safeguarding?
• As part of an advise note for DASS’s on safeguarding issues during
the pandemic, I want to include key general messages as well. So
esp for DASS’s who are not social workers, what do you think they
need to know?Where next? Things to look out for:- • Impact of covid on AMHP services – webinar 17/12/20, 12-1pm (https://www.basw.co.uk/events/launch-basw-england-amhp-covid-19-report ) • Social Work Health Check – extended to 22/12 • Requests for information and support ……
Questions?
Safeguarding Adults offers
December 2020- March 2021
Care and Health Improvement programmeAnalysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews April 2017-March
2019
Launch event on 14th December is full.
Slides and a recording of the event will subsequently be
available on the Research in Practice website.
Executive summary and full report available at
https://www.local.gov.uk/analysis-safeguarding-adult-reviews-
april-2017-march-2019
Making Safeguarding Personal Resources
2 Webinars on January 27th & February 3rd
with follow up workshops to support use of new resources,
Revised Toolkit, Case Studies, ‘Myths and Realities’ and MSP
podcasts
Registration will be on the Research in Practice website
Contact CHIP@local.gov.uk for more information
www.local.gov.uk/chip Care and Health Improvement programmeAdult Safeguarding and Homelessness: A series of 8
themed virtual Workshops December 2020-February
2021. To inform updated briefing.
For more information and to register for the virtual
workshops contact chip@local.gov.uk
Thursday 17th December 2020 Foundations for Positive
Practice in safeguarding people who are homeless,
Michael Preston-Shoot & Bruno Ornelas
13th January 2021 - Commissioning and Provider
Services: safeguarding people experiencing
homelessness. Speakers include Gill Taylor.
18th January - Psychologically-informed and Reflective
Practice in safeguarding people experiencing
homelessness. Speakers include Katy Shorten and
Lydia Guthrie.
.
www.local.gov.uk/chip Care and Health Improvement programme25th January - Learning Lessons from the Response to Covid-19
regarding safeguarding people experiencing homelessness. Speakers
include Susan Harrison
15th February - Legal Literacy in safeguarding people experiencing
homelessness. Speakers: Laura Pritchard-Jones and Henry St Clair
Miller
23rd February Governance of Adult Safeguarding and Homelessness.
Speakers include Jane Cook and Michael Preston-Shoot
1st March - Tackling Specific Issues: safeguarding people experiencing
homelessness. Speakers include Mike Ward (alcohol abuse), Barney
Wells (mental capacity) and Kate Spreadbury (multi-agency
collaboration).
8th March - Making Every Adult Matter and Every Contact Count –
Reviewing Learning about Positive Practice in safeguarding people
experiencing homelessness. Speakers include Adi Cooper, Michael
Preston-Shoot and experts by experience.
To register, please email: chip@local.gov.uk
www.local.gov.uk/chip Care and Health Improvement programmeCovid-19 and Safeguarding Adults Insight Project
Final draft report is available, covering at data and insight until
June 2020 – contact CHIP@local.gov.uk for a copy
2nd Phase - continuing to collect information to December 2020
Contact CHIP@local.gov.uk to participate in the project
Understanding what constitutes a safeguarding concern
and how to support effective outcomes
Series of virtual workshops to support use of the multi-agency
concerns framework and to inform an updated briefing
https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/25.168_U
nderstanding_what_constitutes_a_safeguarding_07.1.pdf
www.local.gov.uk/chip Care and Health Improvement programmeAny other business
Jenefer Rees and Simon Homes
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