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
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Presentation on 'The importance of CPD and the role of HEIs' from Annie Hudson (Chief Executive, The College of Social Work). Presented at HEA event at Friends House organised by Hilary Burgess (Visiting Fellow, School for Policy Studies University of Bristol).
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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
