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Making CPD important and relevant in Social Work - Annie Hudson
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The role of higher education in CPD
Making CPD important and relevant:The role of HEIs
Annie Hudson Chief Executive
The College of Social Work
The nature of the ‘problem’•Weak professional status + standing – ‘basic training’•Many false starts – undelivered promise•‘Thinkers’ vs ‘doers’ paradigm •‘Ivory towers’ vs ‘anti-intellectual’•Professional discourses Consequences •Retention rates + morale •Evidence + analysis in practice •Outcomes for children + families •Career pathways mixed and jagged
The Professional Capabilities Framework
Current landscape + maximising opportunities•HEI engagement + best practice
•‘What academics did for us’: impact + evidence
•Levers: employer standards, HCPC reregn
•TCSW CPD endorsement (23 so far)
•The new ‘architecture’ + SW training reviews
•Social work cultures + identities: changing times?
Key ingredients•Brave vision :CPD as ‘conduit to learned practice’?
•What is ‘good’? Impact, portability + progression
•Partnership triangles + knowledge exchange
•A national framework? Standards + requirements
•Assessment questions
•Quality assurance of provision