by Carrie Smith | Jun 18, 2021 | Case Study
Meet Louise Shorthouse, Professional Practice Educator, Social Work Academy at Coventry City Council. Here she talks about her role and some of the training and support her team have put in place for social workers. Louise qualified as a social worker in 2013 and went...
by Carrie Smith | Jun 16, 2021 | Case Study
I came to work for Telford and Wrekin Council in 2014, two years post qualifying. I had been a Social Work Assistant for four years prior to this and all my experience had been in front line Child Protection. I applied to the Children in Care Team as I wanted a new...
by Carrie Smith | Jun 16, 2021 | Case Study
My role is Team Leader in Strengthening Families. I joined Telford & Wrekin Council in my first management post in 2010 having worked across many local authorities in the West Midlands in both front line and supervisory roles. Over the last eight years, Telford...
by Carrie Smith | Jun 16, 2021 | Case Study
I had always had the passion to do everything within my means to enhance human wellbeing and help meet the basic human needs of people within my community especially, its most vulnerable members. Hence, my reason for going into Social Work. After completing my...
by Carrie Smith | Mar 31, 2021 | Case Study
Meet Katie Cooper, Team Leader, Children’s Safeguarding and Support service at Warwick District. When doing her Masters Katie did her second placement in a safeguarding children’s team and that’s when she knew she’d found her calling… Commenting on her role in...
by Carrie Smith | Mar 18, 2021 | Case Study
Meet Scott Maynard, Personal Advisor Central Throughcare at Stafford Borough Council. We caught up with him to find out more about his role and how he is supporting young unaccompanied Asylum Seekers. We asked Scott to tell us a little about how is role and how he got...
