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Practising during coronavirus (Covid-19): content hub

Author: Community Care Inform

Updated Date: 22 February 2021

Publication Date: 7 October 2020

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Introduction

Community Care Inform offers a range of resources to help social workers with the different challenges created by the pandemic. The guides and podcasts below will help you to:

Keep up-to-date with changes to legislation and government guidance.
Support children and families at increased risk because of the impact of the virus and isolation measures.
Look after your own and your team’s wellbeing, including strategies for remote working and supervision.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please let us know.

Practising during the pandemic

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Social work during the coronavirus pandemic: links to official guidance and other external resources

Multimedia learning

Home and online visits: podcast or read the transcript

Multimedia learning

Fear and social work: podcast or read the transcript

Managing fear in social work

Risks to children and families

Multimedia learning

Domestic abuse and Covid-19: podcast or read the transcript

Safeguarding children and young people online

Addressing loneliness and social isolation: lessons from research

Multimedia learning

Loneliness and isolation during the pandemic: podcast or read the transcript

Resilience and self care

Multimedia learning

Self-care and Covid-19: podcast or read the transcript

Developing emotional resilience and wellbeing in practitioners and quiz to test your own emotional resilience

Secondary trauma and compassion fatigue: a guide to support managers and practitioners

Managing stress: a manager’s guide

Remote working

Online practice and communication: quick guide to boundaries, ethics and safety

Creating online reflective spaces during lockdown: quick guide

Multimedia learning

Remote supervision: podcast or read the transcript

Case law and legislation

Covid-19 and contact with children in care: D-S (Contact with Children in Care: Covid-19) [2020] EWCA Civ 1031

Covid-19 and rights to a fair trial in care proceedings: C (Children: Covid-19: Representation) [2020] EWCA Civ 734

Covid-19 and adjournment of care proceedings: Lancashire County Council v M (COVID-19 Adjournment Application) (Rev 1) [2020] EWFC 43

Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020: guide to the changes

Coronavirus Act 2020: how it affects social care

Signposting support

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Coronavirus: benefits and financial advice and information

Coronavirus and housing: quick guide

Domestic abuse: financial support for victims

Add item to CPD log

Title *
Practising during coronavirus (Covid-19): content hub

Date *
03-03-2021 (dd-mm-yyyy)

Learning or development activity, resource or URL
https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/practising-during-coronavirus-covid-19-resource-hub/

Learning

Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. The form below replicates that used by Social Work England on your online account, so that when you have to renew your registration you can include this as evidence of your continuing professional development. Everything you write will be stored in your Inform account from which you can export all the information as a Word file and upload to an unstructured form on the Social Work England website or print it off for other uses – for example, in supervision.

1. What was your job role? Briefly provide the context of your role when you did the CPD?

2. What did you do? Provide more information to explain the title of the CPD, for example, what you did and/or what happened.

3. Critical reflection - explain the impact that the CPD had on the quality of your practice.

4. Social Work England have eight CPD standards (4.1-4.8). Which of these do you believe your learning demonstrates? Note down and reflect on as many as apply. The eight standards are:

4.1 Incorporate feedback from a range of sources, including from people with lived experience of my social work practice.
4.2 Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on, and identify my learning needs, including how I use research and evidence to inform my practice.
4.3 Keep my practice up to date and record how I use research, theories and frameworks to inform my practice and my professional judgement.
4.4 Demonstrate good subject knowledge on key aspects of social work practice and develop knowledge of current issues in society and social policies impacting on social work.
4.5 Contribute to an open and creative learning culture in the workplace to discuss, reflect on and share best practice.
4.6 Reflect on my learning activities and evidence what impact continuing professional development has on the quality of my practice.
4.7 Record my learning and reflection on a regular basis and in accordance with Social Work England's guidance on continuing professional development.
4.8 Reflect on my own values and challenge the impact they have on my practice.

For more information, see Social Work England’s guidance on CPD.

Add item to PRTL log

Title * Practising during coronavirus (Covid-19): content hub

Date * 03-03-2021 (dd-mm-yyyy)

URL https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/practising-during-coronavirus-covid-19-resource-hub/

Learning Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. Everything you write will be stored in your Inform account and you can export all the information as a Word file or print it off. When you have to renew your social work registration with Social Care Wales, you can include this as evidence of post-registration training and learning.

1. What have you learned from this activity?

2. How has it contributed to your practice?

3. How much time have you spent on this activity?

4. Next steps (any additional learning you need in this area)?

For more details, visit Social Care Wales

Citation

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[accessed: 3 March 2021]

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