This free two-day gathering provides an opportunity to celebrate front line social work practice in Children and Families Local Authority settings across Scotland. It allows practitioners to hear from each other about a more engaged and relationship-based way of working with children and their families. It is organised by Social Work WITH Families, an initiative by a small group of Scottish Social Work practitioners whose vision is to strengthen pride and confidence in practice, particularly when the workforce is facing national difficulties such as the ongoing cost of living and staffing crisis. We hope to build morale, create supportive networks, and celebrate the workers who hold the hands of others.
There will be presentations from front line social workers drawing on practice that is strengths based, solution focused, trauma informed and/or aligned with aspirations of The Promise. You will hear directly from practitioners about good practice that is grounded in core social work values and how it helped children and families alongside the procedural and statutory demands faced by social work practitioners.
The event will be of interest to social work practitioners, managers, learning and development officers and policy makers. Alongside presentations from various Local Authorities, we will have keynote inputs from Professor Jane Fenton around Radical Social Work and courage in frontline practice and Dr Carlene Firmin around Contextual Safeguarding. Iona Colvin Chief Social Work Advisor to Scottish Government will be opening the event and a mother will be telling her story of how social work services helped her to turn her life around.
There will also be lots of opportunities for group discussion and networking with colleagues during break and lunch times that are fully catered for and there will be an evening drinks reception on 29th May.
If you are looking for a hotel, please see below for some discounts and nearby hotels. Unfortunately, we cannot pay for accommodation, but we will look after you over the 2 days!
Accommodation
Travelodge
Premier Inn
Sleeperz – 20% discount by using code DUNDEE within online booking site. This should be entered on the search page.
Hampton by Hilton - £90 per night by using direct link.
Malmaison
Indigo Hotel – 20% discount by contacting reservations@indigodundee.co.uk and cc in calum.crichton@indigodundee.co.uk for the rate.
