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JSWEC 2011 Step Up to Social Work Programme: trainees experiences so far. Are we seeing new wine in new bottles

STEP UP is intended to: . enable local employers to shape initial training for students to address local need.attract high achieving candidates into the social work profession, with the experience of working with children and young people. allow employers to play a significant role in the traini

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JSWEC 2011 Step Up to Social Work Programme: trainees experiences so far. Are we seeing new wine in new bottles

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    1. JSWEC 2011 Step Up to Social Work Programme: trainees' experiences so far. Are we seeing new wine in new bottles? Dr Mary Baginsky Assistant Director, CWDC

    2. STEP UP is intended to: enable local employers to shape initial training for students to address local need. attract high achieving candidates into the social work profession, with the experience of working with children and young people. allow employers to play a significant role in the training of these candidates, in partnership with accredited higher education institutions providers

    3. Purpose and methodology Feedback on the approaches used to the application, assessment and allocation processes. Potential pool of the184 trainees who had embarked on the training yielded 144 responses - 78 per cent of the cohort. Questionnaire as an email attachment – September 2010, January 2011, September 2011, January 2011 and late Spring / early Summer 2012.

    4. Respondents and trainees

    5. Gender and age profile of respondents 120 female and 23 male [+ 1 unclear] 65 were 25 or under 59 were 26-35 14 were 36 - 45 Plus 6 under 45-51

    6. Education and experience of respondents [1] 15 percent of respondents had a first class hons degree 17 percent of respondents had a postgrad – 16 Masters and one PhD Overall 64 per cent had a ‘relevant’ academic qualification. 13 percent of respondents had a professional qualification, most commonly in teaching or youth and community work

    7. Education and experience of respondents [2] 82 percent /118 were employed in a relevant post and two were volunteering in a relevant field at time of application 66 per cent employed in public sector and 19 per cent in the voluntary sector

    8. Considered social work as a profession 144 respondents – 126 / 88 per cent –had considered this Most [113] identified at least one barrier to entering the profession - finance usually combined with other factors - most commonly: ?negative perception of the profession ?lack of information on entry routes Eighteen respondents [12 per cent] had not considered a career in social work – provided opportunity to: ??study for a professional and academic qualification while being paid ?to build on past experience.

    9. Getting onto Step Up Awareness Application process Assessment process Allocation process

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