Social Work Support Group - The last penny - Hack on what Social worker needs to know about benefits, welfare rights and debt

Social Work Support Group - The last penny - Hack on what Social worker needs to know about benefits, welfare rights and debt
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Course Information
Social Work Support Group- Talk By Prescot and Whiston Community Advice Centre Mental Health Project. This is to give social workers a guide on how to approach the subject prior to asking for support from specialist such as the “project.”
Learning Outcomes

 PCF1 - professionalism

 
·       Maintain appropriate personal/professional boundaries in more challenging circumstances
·       Make skilled use of self as part of interventions
·       Maintain awareness of own professional limitations and knowledge gaps and seek to address these
 
PCF2 - VALUES AND ETHICS
 
·       Demonstrate confident application of ethical reasoning to professional practice, Rights and entitlements, questioning and challenging others using a legal and human rights framework
·       Critically reflect on and manage the influence and impact of my own and others’ values on professional practice
·       Recognise and manage conflicting values and ethical dilemmas in practice, using supervision, team discussion and other professionally justifiable sources of support, questioning and challenging others, including those from other professions
 

PCF3 - DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY

·       Demonstrate confident application of ethical reasoning to professional practice, rights and entitlements, questioning and challenging others using a legal and human rights framework
·       Critically reflect on and manage the influence and impact of my own and others’ values on professional practice
·       Recognise and manage conflicting values and ethical dilemmas in practice, using supervision, team discussion and other professionally justifiable sources of support, questioning and challenging others, including those from other professions
 
PCF 4 - RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING
·       Analyse differing needs, perspectives and competing rights and apply to practice
·       Enable and support people to consider and pursue a range of options that may enhance economic status (through access to education, work, housing, health services and welfare benefits)
·       Where appropriate, set up and/or enable access to effective independent advocacy
 
PCF 5 - KNOWLEDGE
·       Value and take account of the expertise of service users, carers and other professionals and seek their feedback on my practice/role
 
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
 
Target Audience
Social Work Students, ASYE-Social workers and Social Workers
Band (Suitability)
Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5 Band 6 Band 7 Band 8 Band 9
LD Prospectus Event Category
Continuous Professional Development
Trainer or Facilitator

Available Dates