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Author: Community Care

Publication Date: 9 February 2021

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Introduction

Community Care Inform is full of resources that support social workers with their learning and practice. This page highlights material that is quick to read, but still full of critical information and practical advice. It covers every major topic across Inform Adults, and each guide takes under 20 minutes to read, making it perfect for a lunch or coffee break.

The guides and tools on this page are just a selection of what’s on the site and many will link you to further resources. Please do see our podcast hub, our learning tools hub, and our Covid-19 hub for other helpful resources. If you’re looking for guidance on something specific that isn’t listed here, use the search box above or let us know.

Dementia

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Dementia, types and symptoms

Dementia diagnosis

Young onset dementia

Dementia and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Dementia and adults from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

Multimedia learning

Learn on the go podcast: adult attachment and dementia

Domestic abuse

Domestic abuse: the basics

Domestic abuse and using the Dash risk checklist

How to identify coercive and controlling behaviour

Domestic abuse between older couples

Domestic abuse and disability

Domestic abuse and learning disabilities

Domestic abuse and mental health problems

Technology as a weapon of domestic abuse

Domestic abuse – preventive and protective measures

Domestic abuse: the impact on children and young people

Domestic abuse and child contact

Mental capacity

Assessing capacity

Making best interests decisions

Fluctuating capacity and the law

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards framework

Advance decisions and advance statements

The Liberty Protection Safeguards

Deprivation of liberty in care home settings

Deprivation of liberty in supported living settings

Deprivation of liberty in psychiatric settings

Deprivation of liberty in hospital settings

Deprivation of liberty in the home setting

Deprivation of liberty of young people

Mental health

Adults who self-harm

Working with advocates

Working with carers of adults with mental health needs

The nearest relative’s role and responsibilities

Multimedia learning

Learn on the go: safeguarding adults reviews and self-neglect

Mental health and managing debt

Learning disability

Improving communication with adults with learning disabilities

Learning disabilities and mental health problems

Practice education

Use of self and emotional intelligence for practice educators

Strengths-based practice

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Strengths-based questions

Strengths-based practice and the Care Act 2014

A strengths-based approach to difficult conversations

Three conversations

Signs of Safety

Solution-focused practice

Local area co-ordination

Add item to CPD Log (SWE)

Title *
Quick reads hub

Date *
17-11-2024 (dd-mm-yyyy)

Learning or development activity, resource or URL
https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/quick-reads-hub/

Learning

Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. The form below replicates that used by Social Work England in your online account, so that when you need to renew your registration each year, you can easily transfer examples of CPD. Everything you write will be stored in your My CPD log on CC Inform. You can return to each piece of CPD and edit or add to it at any time - for example, if you reflect on it with a peer. You can export all the information as a Word file and copy it into Social Work England's form for the pieces you choose to submit during renewal, and print it off for other uses - for example, in supervision or peer reflection.

1. Describe what you have learnt from doing this CPD activity. (Social Work England recommend that you write 250-500 words, and they say that you may want to refer to the CPD standard 4.1-4.8 - see below.)

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2. Reflect on and describe the positive impact the CPD has had (or will have) on your practice and the people you work with.

This could be people with lived experience of social work, colleagues, or students. If you are not currently working, or not in direct practice, you could think about how your CPD activity might benefit people you come into contact with or the profession as a whole. (Social Work England recommend you write about 250 to 500 words).

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3. Describe what you have learnt from discussing this CPD activity with a peer

This is an optional question. By answering it for at least one of your pieces of CPD, you will meet Social Work England's requirements to record one piece of CPD with a peer reflection during the registration year. You are expected to write at least 250 words.

Social Work England say: "Peer reflection means that you have discussed the content of your CPD activity with a peer, your manager or another professional.

This discussion can be informal or formal, and can take place in one to one or group settings. The role of the peer is not to approve your learning but to support and help you to think about how you can improve your practice. When discussing your CPD with a peer, you should talk about what you have learnt from doing the CPD and the positive impact the CPD activity has had (or will have) on your role, practice and the people you work with".

Read more guidance from the regulator about peer reflection here

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4. Which parts of the CPD standard have you met by doing this activity? By going through the recording process, you will automatically meet standards 4.6 and 4.7. You can use the box below to note the other standards you have met with this piece.

4.1 Incorporate feedback from a range of sources, including from people with lived experience of my social work practice.
4.2 Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on, and identify my learning needs, including how I use research and evidence to inform my practice.
4.3 Keep my practice up to date and record how I use research, theories and frameworks to inform my practice and my professional judgement.
4.4 Demonstrate good subject knowledge on key aspects of social work practice and develop knowledge of current issues in society and social policies impacting on social work.
4.5 Contribute to an open and creative learning culture in the workplace to discuss, reflect on and share best practice.
4.6 Reflect on my learning activities and evidence what impact continuing professional development has on the quality of my practice.
4.7 Record my learning and reflection on a regular basis and in accordance with Social Work England's guidance on continuing professional development.
4.8 Reflect on my own values and challenge the impact they have on my practice.

For more information, see Social Work England’s guidance on CPD.

Add item to CPD Log (SCW)

Title * Quick reads hub

Date * 17-11-2024 (dd-mm-yyyy)

URL https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/quick-reads-hub/

Learning Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. Everything you write will be stored in your Inform account and you can export all the information as a Word file or print it off. When you have to renew your social work registration with Social Care Wales, you can include this as evidence of continuing professional development.

1. What have you learned from this activity?

2. How has it contributed to your practice?

3. How much time have you spent on this activity?

4. Next steps (any additional learning you need in this area)?

For more details, visit Social Care Wales

Citation

Full Harvard reference for this document:

() Quick reads hub. Knowledge Hubs.
Community Care Inform
[online]
https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/quick-reads-hub/
[accessed: 17 November 2024]

If you are directly quoting the author's own words from this document you must acknowledge that they are not your own words by putting them within quotes marks, reference the source in the text and then provide the full reference at the end of the document. For example:

In the text: Baim argues that "understanding adult attachment patterns can also help practitioners to more readily identify the behaviour patterns that the client uses to maintain safety and comfort and which also, in some cases, serve to keep the client stuck in behaviour that no longer serves them as adults". (Baim, 2015)

Full reference to insert at the bottom of the document: Baim, C. (2015) Using attachment theory to work with adults, Guide. Community Care Inform Adults [online]. Available at: https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/guides/guide-using-attachment-theory-work-adults/ [accessed: INSERT DATE HERE (eg 9 October 2015)]