How Community Care Inform supports the Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England and Supervision Framework

Community Care Inform is delighted to support the Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England and Supervision Framework being developed by the Local Government Association.

Inform currently supports four of the eight standards, with new content coming soon to look at meeting the requirements of a further three standards. This document sets out how we do that and maps content on Inform to the relevant standard.

Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England

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1	Have in place a social work accountability framework informed by knowledge of good social work practice and the experience and expertise of service users, carers and practitioners. Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

2	Use effective workforce planning systems to make sure that the right number of social workers, with the right level of skills and experience, are available to meet current and future service demands. Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

3	Implement transparent systems to manage workload and case allocation in order to protect service users and practitioners Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

4	Make sure that social workers can do their jobs safely and have the practical tools and resources they need to practise effectively. Assess risks and take action to minimise and prevent them Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

5	Ensure that social workers have regular and appropriate social work supervision Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

6	Provide opportunities for continuing professional development and access to research and practice guidance Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

7	Ensure that social workers can maintain their professional registration Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

8	Establish effective partnerships with higher education institutions and other organisations to support the delivery of social work education and continuing professional development. Find out more about this standard and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

Supervision Framework

Inform supports the Supervision Framework. This document sets out how we do that and maps content on Inform.

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1	Quality of decision making and interventions Find out more about this supervision framework and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

2	Line management and organisation accountability Find out more about this supervision framework and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

3	Caseload and workload managment Find out more about this supervision framework and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.

4	Identification of further personal learning, career and development opportunities Find out more about this supervision framework and how Community Care Inform can help you meet it.