Looks at the characteristics of professional judgment and decision making in adult safeguarding and what informs them; the traps practitioners can fall into when making decisions and how to avoid them; and how professional curiosity is used to explore and understand what is happening in a situation rather than making assumptions or accepting matters at face value.
Advice and reflection points for supervisors when assessing supervisees' skills and providing constructive feedback.
How working with abuse and trauma has an emotional impact on the social worker as a person and as a professional, and how to mitigate this.
Resources to help develop the fundamental skills that social workers across adult social care need to do their job.
How to create reflective, emotionally safe working environments for those at home by using a model for group reflective spaces, plus ideas to support the development of individual reflective spaces.
A directory of training activities, videos, webinars, podcasts etc that can be used for group (or individual) learning, training or group supervision.
The skills of analysing and critically reflecting on your own practice are vital to all social workers. This guide looks at what it means to be a critically reflective social worker and outlines different methods and models you can use to reflect on your practice.