Promoting relationship-based practice within social work.

We are committed to ensuring that reflective practice, with its focus on relationships, takes its rightful place not only in social work practice, but also in professional development and in the curriculum at all levels of qualifying and post-qualifying training.

Events

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Relationship Based Practice in Scottish Social Work: Sharing practice, reflections and innovations from the Scottish Social Work Community

Relationship Based Practice in Scottish Social Work: Sharing practice, reflections and innovations from the Scottish Social Work Community

September 30, 2016 in Edinburgh

In a seminar hosted by Ruth Forbes and Richard Ingram. The Centre for Social Work Practice is establishing a Scottish network of practitioners and academics with a commitment to, and an interest in, relationship-based practice in social work.

GAPS National Conference and AGM 2016

November 09, 2016 in London

Scapegoating in Social Work: building resistance through relationships with Speakers Dr Sharon Shoesmith and Juliet Koprowska

Regional groups – find out what's happening in your region

  1. Scotland
  2. The North
  3. The Midlands
  4. East Anglia
  5. The South Coast
  6. The South West
  7. London and home counties

News

PLANNING AN EVENT? The partnership process of working with the Centre on hosting an event

Posted July 12, 2016

To help you think about the process of working with the Centre to put an event on, please see the attached detailed information. This will give you an idea of the scale of the role, should you be interested in hosting an event. It is very much a partnership process and the centre strives to provide as much help and support as we can.

CfSWP Event: Speaking out for social work - crossing divides and building relationships FEEDBACK

Posted July 10, 2016

Further to the Speaking out for social work-crossing divides and building relationships Conference held on 6th July at Sheffield University. Suzie has been busy working through the feedback and we are now able to share some of the comments with you.

RELATIONSHIP-BASED RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK. This book has been edited by Gillian Ruch and Ilse Julkunen

Posted May 20, 2016

Relationship-based research is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be central to social work research and practice. (A review on this book is to follow by one of our Members).

Viewpoints

Choked off: The College, BAAF, Kids Company – what does it all mean?

Posted August 11, 2015 by Andrew Cooper

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How to create social work organisations with an independent, critical edge and ensure their survival? This is the question now facing many of us as we contemplate the rather devastated landscape of social care that has unfolded over the last few weeks.

Relationship based practice works – the evidence

Posted February 19, 2015 by Andrew Cooper

Anyone might be in favour of ‘relationship based practice’ in the same way we are all against sin (hopefully). But when asked to produce evidence that it ‘works’ we become hesitant. Where exactly are the definitive, gold standard research studies?

Publications

Collusive parents? Or in denial? How should we work with families who fear incrimination in cases of sexual abuse?

Presentation Jane Laing - 2016

Jane Laing has kindly offered to share with us her presentation Collusive parents? Or in denial? How should we work with families who fear incrimination in cases of sexual abuse? from the afternoon workshop.

'Sleeping Beauty': the re-awakening of Adult Safeguarding

Presentation Eva Sisa - 2016

Eva Sisa has kindly offered to share with us her presentation 'Sleeping Beauty': the re-awakening of Adult Safeguarding from the afternoon workshop.

Book reviews

Understanding Emotions in Social Work - Theory, Practice & Reflection

Richard Ingram | 2016

Book review of Understanding Emotions in Social Work - Theory, Practice & Reflection. Useful for newly qualified, supervisors and practitioners. Open University Press Publishers. 2015. Reviewed by Dr Sylvia B Smith.

Facilitating Meaningful Contact In Adoption and Fostering. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Planning and Assessing and Good Practice

Louis Sydney and Elsie Price | 2015

Book review of Facilitating Meaningful Contact In Adoption and Fostering. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Planning and Assessing and Good Practice. by Louis Sydney and Elsie Price. Jessica Kingsley Publishers; London and Philadelphia. 2014. Reviewed by Liz Tusting-Fleet.

With thanks to our patrons: Professor Eileen Munro, and The Earl of Listowel.

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