ScOPTPosts tagged with Social Work Education
User involvement in social work education
Service user and carer involvement in social work education is mandatory in Scotland. There is a lot of learning to share with educators and practitioners working across health, social care and public services generally. It is also relevant to policy-makers committed to mainstreaming person-centred or person-led approaches and true partnership working.
Report from the NOPT conference, 26 June 2018
Fiona Stansfield, ScOPT Chair, attended the NOPT conference 26 June 2018. Read her report.
100 years of Social Work education at the University of Edinburgh
The Trustees and members of SCOPT send our congratulations and very best wishes to our friends and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh as they mark their centenary of social work.
Jo Campling Memorial Prizes 2017
For essays written by students on the theme of ‘ethics and social welfare’
How we’ve given students more say in choosing their first placement
Oxford Brookes University has set up a placement matching event to give its social work students an opportunity to pick the right organisation.
I used to think anything but child protection social work was a cop out, until I went on placement
A social work student explains how their chosen route changed after beginning a placement with adults.
Find out what the next steps are for the Review of Social Work Education
The Review of Social Work Education (RSWE) will continue this year with the SSSC leading work on a number of the recommendations from phase two.
Can you write an award winning essay?
GAPS are looking for entries for the Clare Winnicott Essay Award 2017 – £300 for the winning essays from both practitioners and student social workers
The Love issue
New resource, useful in tackling this challenging issue with students.
Social work education over the years – can you help?
If you are a former University of Edinburgh Social Work student, this is for you ….