EASWL Workshops: Struggling Placements: Working positively with SW learners

This interactive workshop will focus on developing knowledge and skills to work positively with social work learners who encounter challenges. It will consist of a mixture of presentation and group work and will consider developing emotional resilience, power and the importance of courageous conversations.

This workshop is suitable for all practitioners involved in enabling and assessing social work learners such as experienced Practice Educators in need of a refresher/update on current practice, newly qualified PEs and PEPS trainees, Onsite Supervisors.

Please note that the majority of the content will be relevant for ASYE assessors and Mentors/OSS of apprentices, however, assessment frameworks, such as PCF levels will focus on student levels and not ASYE level. The workshop will not address social work (integrated degree) apprenticeship standards as Kingston University provides separate workshops for apprenticeship mentors and OSS of apprentices.

Learning outcomes:

• Refresh your knowledge of expected standards
• Identify signs and behaviours that indicate a social work learner might be struggling
• Reflect on potential challenges for Practice Educators and how they might impact on your assessment
• Understand the importance of having courageous conversations with students/learners.
• Reflect on power dynamics and their impact
• Consider models and tools to use with struggling learners

Non-attendance at a CPD/event that you have either registered for or a manager has registered you for, may result in a charge to your employer at the following rates: £50 up to a half-day session, £100 for up to a full day. Unless there is a valid reason that can be confirmed and approved by your manager and apologies are sent.

• If you know you can’t make the event, please cancel your ticket on Eventbrite - this automatically offers someone on the waiting list the opportunity to attend. If unable to do so via Eventbrite, please email admin@developingtogetherswtp.org.uk
• It is your responsibility to save the date until a Zoom link is sent to you to access the session.
• It is your responsibility to ensure prior to the event you can access the Zoom link and that your organisation does not block access. This may mean you need to liaise with your own IT department to ensure that you can access the training or use a personal device such as mobile phone or personal computer.
• Join on time. We won’t register anyone who is more than 15 mins late. If you do join after registration, you will not be able to receive the session materials or CPD certificate.
• In order for the session to be interactive and to support the trainer to facilitate effectively, as far as possible:

1. please turn your cameras on.
2. please click on the participants icon, and check that your name is displayed correctly. We also need your name to register you and send you a CPD Certificate!
3. please do participate, either by using the chat, or by asking a question. When you are not speaking though, please can you mute yourself to reduce feedback and background noise.

• We have created a short Zoom guide about how to use functions on this platform. If you have not used Zoom before, or are not confident in using it, please do have a look at this.

N.B. We may record some workshops for future use. Please let us know if you have any concerns about this.

This training is offered to all of our partners at no cost, if you are part of one of these organisations please make sure to select the right ticket.

A limited number of paid tickets for external bookings will be available for those outside of the partnership wishing to attend.