Our newsletter is aimed at recruitment company consultants in social care sector

1. June 2013
Volume 1, Issue 2
Social Work CPD
Special Interest
Article and
Feature:
ASYE: Do Locum
Social Workers
Need To Do
This?
• What is the
Assessed and
Supported Year
In Employment
• What does the
skills council
say?
PLUS
What Every
Consultant
Needs To Know
About the ASYE,
Holistic
Assessment and
PCF
Also in this issue:
Practice Issues
CPD Training
Stress management
Webinar of the Month
Book Review
Future Training
90 Day Court Skills
Programme
Elevate Training and Development
“Supporting the Continuing Professional Development
requirements of Independent & Locum social workers”
Welcome
This is our second
newsletter of the year for
consultants and we would
like to thank those who
have already given
feedback about its
usefulness in supporting
recruitment companies
who use our service to
help locum social workers
access the training portal.
We have been busy
adding lots of good
content to the website and
some of the highlights
News From Elevate
ASYE: Do Locum Social Workers Need To Do This?
News this week indicates
that the old practice of
NQSW‘s only needing to
get experience as an
unqualified social worker
before being placed as a
social worker, to the new
ASYE requirements has
begun across many local
authorities affecting work
placements of locum
social workers who are
not on ASYE courses.
The social work reform
board agreed that all
NQSW’s would now need
to complete the Assessed
and Supported Year in
Employment without
exception.
Some recruitment
companies do not place
social workers who are
NQSWs or may not do so
now the criteria has
some of the highlights
include a complete
training page on court
skills which is what you as
consultants have told us is
the major request from
your candidates.
On the resource page we
have as of today 6
webinars on court skills
also uploaded as audio’s
for those who just want to
listen.
Password Issues
Please encourage your
locums to confirm their
the link which we send
them from Elevate Training
and Development. This
allows us to send them
information about the live
training and also their
important documents
Reflective logs
Please remind locums to
complete them and send
them in to us for evidence
of learning.
changed. However the
changes came into force
in September 2012 and
some social workers who
qualified in July 2012 may
need to be put on the
ASYE, they include those
who are currently
practicing as locums.
Several consultants have
contacted us to discuss if
our training supports the
ASYE.
Our answer is our CPD
training is designed for
social workers at all levels
of the PCF (Performance
Capability Framework)
including NQSWs.
However the ASYE is not
just about CPD training it
is a process of post
qualifying achievement.
We contacted the ASYE
Team at the Education
Department for more
information and they told
us “The ASYE can be
used in all settings
including the voluntary,
private and independent
sectors. The role in which
the NQSW is employed
needs to include work that
is of a sufficient level and
kind to meet the
expectations of all nine
domains of the PCF at
ASYE level. We would
encourage small
employers to join
partnerships in their area
to ensure sufficient
support is available for the
NQSW and employers.
This is in line with Social
Work Reform Board
partnership principles.”
The ASYE Team
See Guidance Below

2. “Good Practice is Listening
to what service users and
Carers say, then doing it!”
The HCPC have approved
the 2012 - 2013 Fitness to
Practice Annual report, for
the first time social
workers will be included
following the transition
from the GSCC. This is of
particular interest to
consultants as tracking
the Fitness to practice
criteria and outcomes of
cases is relevant on
several levels.
In June 2013 a Social
Worker was suspended
from the register by the
HCPC.
The Panel decided the
HCPC Update: Social Work the Protected Title
Hertfordshire Council
have introduced a
Specialist Social Care
team for Asperger’s
Syndrome.
Hertfordshire Council
explained that after
gathering a lot of feedback
from Carers, those
suffering with Asperger’s
Syndrome and many with
high-functioning autism,
they decided to implement
changes to help with the
requests. A spokesperson
expressed that ‘consistent
complaints about
problems fitting in to the
Practice Issues: Herts sets up team for Asperers
Rekindle your interest in
your job
Find out all you can about
a “Hot” topic in your field:
If you are to remain in
your job you need to stop
your dwindling interest in
your work and revamp
your awareness of why
this is the job for you.
Social Work Wellbeing: Stress Management Tips
The Panel decided the
most appropriate action
was to suspend Joanna
Clare Burgess from the
Register for a period of
twelve months with an
interim suspension order
in place to cover the
appeal period.
This was because she
was convicted of one
count of using threatening
or insulting words or
disorderly behavior within
the hearing or sight of a
person likely to be caused
harassment, alarm or
distress at Kettering
Magistrates’ Court.
The HCPC keeps a
register for 16 different
health and care
professions and only
registers people who meet
the standards it sets for
their training,
professional skills,
behaviour and health.
The HCPC will take action
against professionals who
do not meet these
standards or who use a
protected title illegally.
traditional learning
disability and Mental
Health services’ lead them
to request being
supported in a different
way.
So, Hertfordshire Council
listened and started to
develop a new team
exclusively for Asperger’s
Syndrome cases. The
team is multi-skilled,
bringing in the best and
most experienced for the
job. It consists of a
manager, four social
workers, a specialist
transition coordinator, and
employment officer and
two community care
officers. Alongside this will
work an Asperger’s
expert; a person with
Asperger’s who can be
relied upon to support and
advise sufferers and their
families.
The team will support
families in many different
areas including future
planning, further
education, financial
advice, employment and
housing.
Many professionals have
updated legislation
regularly sent to them or
look in social work
magazines.
Surf the internet for the
issues and talk about it in
team meeting.
See what other teams or
authorities are doing
about the subject.
Write a summary about
the key points and send
them to your colleagues

3. The ASYE is based on the
holistic assessment of the
capabilities of social
workers entering their first
year of practice. They
need to pass this year in
order to practice as a
qualified social worker and
progress along the levels
of the PCF.
The College of social work
states the following in their
document “Principles and
conditions for holistic
assessment”
These principles apply to
assessment across the
whole of the professional
capabilities framework.
1. Assessment is
progressive over a period
of time (e.g. initial
qualifying placement,
ASYE), leading to effective
summative assessment.
2. Assessment must be
consistent with the
appropriate PCF level
descriptor, and include
sufficiency and depth of
evidence across all nine
domains.
What Every Consultant Needs To Know About the
ASYE, Holistic Assessments and the PCF
“All of your locums need
to have a Continuing
Professional
Development Profile.”
3. Individual capability
statements will be
important in terms of
providing detail of
expectations for each
domain, and particularly
significant to identify gaps,
areas of development or
concerns.
4. The assessment
process and judgment
must be trustworthy,
reliable and transparent
(e.g. include clear
guidance in handbooks,
assessment panels,
triangulated evidence,
audit trails)
5. Evidence must include
the ability to reflect
critically, including
reference to different
sources of knowledge and
research.
6. The learner will
contribute evidence for
assessment but the
professional judgment of
sufficiency must be made
by a registered social
worker (at initial qualifying
level, assessors must
meet the Practice
Educator Professional
Standards).
Finally…..
We are here to help you
ensure you retain your
locums and this is a
partnership
Encourage your locum
social workers to read the
PCF which is relevant for
all social workers not just
NQSW’s
Encourage your locum
social workers to
undertake learning
activities on the website –
there is lots of choice
Let us know if they would
like other training areas
covered
Contact us to let us know
how we can help with any
issues
Encourage Locums to
evidence their learning
Discount of the Month: 60% off normal price now £414
Court Skills Intensive 90 Day Coaching Programme
A whole day total immersion workshop – with fellow delegates, the social worker gets a chance to work on
delivery & prepare for court and includes:
• Mindset – we spend time looking at internal voices and coping mechanisms, building up resilience
and social work expertise
• Evidence giving – interviewing and cross examination practice
• Close examination of statements and care plans
• Understanding of how the legal system operates, court rules, legal language, roles & responsibilities
The day will be facilitated by Team Managers in Frontline teams, a Solicitor and a
Children’s Guardian and an Expert Witness
Follow up repetition and embedding sessions – 3 Mentoring and coaching sessions held on a monthly
basis
Monthly online community
Final webinar at 90 days
CPD Certificate “Court Skills Intensive 90 days coaching programme” based on reflective log submission
CD on court skills to use at home
Attendance is by Application only please email info@SocialWorkProcesses.co.uk

4. Diabetes is an epidemic
challenging not just the
health service but also
social care services. The
rise in diabetes has had
an impact on adults and
children’s services.
Presented by Katherine
Holden, an experienced
Holistic Health Coach
Solicitor and author Lynn
Davis allowed us to
interview her for our court
skills training, the audio is
available for those who
undertake our intensive
court skills coaching
programme.
See You in Court is a
guide for social workers
on being a witness in care
Book Review: See You in Court: A Social Worker's Guide to
Presenting Evidence in Care Proceedings
Lynn Davis
Elevate Training and
Development is a training
company that offers virtual
learning environments as
well as face to face
training. Our training to
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Director
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Sandy D’silva
process of giving
evidence, including how to
deal with cross-
examination. The material
is supported by case
studies and checklists.
It is available to buy in our
resources section or at
Amazon.
proceedings. This book
answers questions
frequently asked by social
workers in real cases, and
gives information on court
structures, basic rules of
evidence, the roles of
those involved in the
proceedings, and court
etiquette.
It also discusses the
trained in Naturopathic
Nutrition, she can be
contacted through our
website.
The webinar was not
intended for medical
advice but to offer social
work practitioners an
understanding of how
people use alternative
medicines.
There were interesting
questions and discussions
which were generated and
the website contain
questions and handouts that
will help professional self
development. Locums
should complete their
reflective logs if they
undertake this learning.
locum and independent
social workers offers
accessible training at a
reasonable price. We are
skilled and practicing
social workers in the field
and we are keen to
support the continued
profession of social work.
Please contact us for a
full brochure.
Webinar of the Month: Diabetes, the social challenge
The Training Portal for Social Workers
www.SocialWorkProcesses.co.uk