Challenging Practice – Revisiting Social Work Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED & I)

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• Make skilled use of self as part of interventions
• Maintain awareness of own professional limitations and knowledge gaps and seek to address these

• Recognise the complexity of identity and diversityof experience and apply this to practice
• Recognise discriminatory practices and inequality and develop a range of approaches to appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior staff
• Critically reflect on and manage the power of my role in my relationship with people using services and others, adapting my practice accordingly and striving to reduce the risk of power misuse

• Value and take account of the expertise of service users, carers and other professionals and seek their feedback on my practice/role
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to my area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence-informed practice research

PCF 9 PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP -

• Promote social work’s purpose, practice and impact within my organisation, with colleagues, including those of other disciplines, and more widely where appropriate
• Contribute to the learning of others, including social work students and ASYE
• Take responsibility for seeking, planning and undertaking ongoing professional development and use diverse platforms and opportunities within and outside my organisation/work setting