Social Work with Adults – the National Perspective

1. Social Work with Adults – the National Perspective Katie Weeks – Office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults @LynRomeo_CSW chiefsocialworkerforadults@dhsc.gov.uk

2. Chief Social Worker for Adults (England) Annual Report 2018/19 - Social work leadership in changing times https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-health-and-social-care

3. Social work improvement: What’s in place? • Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) • Knowledge and Skills / Capability Statements • Assessed Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) • Strengthened PSW role in Care Act guidance • PSW leadership development and support • Good practice guidance resources • Promoting BIA/AMHP roles • Diverse entry routes - Think Ahead, Frontline, Degree Apprenticeship • Social Work Teaching Partnerships • Social Work England (SWE) • James Lind Alliance Priorities for social work research Social Work with Adults - the National Perspective

4. The role of social work • Is to support people in their communities and avoid institutional admissions /placements • Support families and carers and change interventions • Individual and family work skills to co-design and achieve best outcomes

5. Social work capability statements: the story so far…. Capabilities Statement and CPD for social work with older people Named Social Worker pilots for people with learning disabilities Capabilities Statement and CPD for social work with learning disabilities Capabilities Statement and CPD for social work with autism Mandatory learning disability & autism training for health and social care staff consultation

6. Lessons from the Named Social Worker pilots • Impact on Individuals and people around them • Impact on the named social worker • Impact on the wider system

7. A CPD pathway sets out • What matters in an area of social work • The skills, knowledge and values (capabilities) that social workers need • How these progress through a career • How social workers can develop these capabilities • How social workers can demonstrate these capabilities

8. Young people transitioning to adulthood Guidance and practice framework for social work with young people with disabilities Chief Social Workers’ joint review of social work practice for young people Review of the Autism Strategy – extended to include children and adults

9. How do the capabilities statements align with the big picture?It’s about supporting people to live within their community, to support high quality services and enable people to live as independently as they can. The purpose of the Transforming Care programme is to develop community-based support for people with learning disabilities and/or autism with challenging behaviour so that they can be discharged from mental health hospitals. Building the Right Support (published October 2015) is the national plan to reduce the number of people with a learning disability of all ages who are inpatients by between 35-50% during financial Year 2019/20

10. Chief Social Worker for Adults -priorities for 2019/20

11. Thank you and any questions? Chiefsocialworkerforadults@dhsc.gov.uk Legal Literacy