This session will provide you with an opportunity to explore the different models employers use when recruiting social workers, consider the different types of organisations you may wish to seek employment with and explore ways of streamlining the application process.

In this session we discuss how to prepare well for a job interview and how to manage your nerves to help you land your dream job.

Critical analysis is a key aspect of social work on many levels. Sometimes students get feedback on their work that they “need to be more critical” and they may not always understand what that means or how to be more ‘critical.’ This session will support learning around critical reflection using the ‘what? why? how?’ framework.

Drawing on up-to-date research and evidence-based strategies, this webinar will help attendees understand what ‘healthy resilience’ really means and will provide practical guidance about how to build personal resilience and reduce overall stress levels.

There is an art to reflective writing and in this session, Siobhan will support participants to develop that art.

This webinar will introduce a basic understanding of what is meant by ‘trauma-informed practices’ within the social work profession.

As an experienced practice educator, Siobhan has lots of advice and guidance for owning your placement and getting the most out of it.

In this session we will examine the contemporary realities and myths of political and social discourses in relation to refugees and asylum seekers from a global and ‘local’ perspective. Taking a whole systems approach, we will examine the different responsibilities, challenges and opportunities for agencies and social work in supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

Supervision has a long history in social work and in contemporary practice it is vital. Supervision is a two-way process, it is not something that is done ‘to you.’ In this session Siobhan will support participants to explore how to be an active partner rather than a passive recipient in supervision. The skills in preparing for supervision will be vital […]

The question “and what theory have you used there?” strikes fear into many social work students. This session will help participants to feel more confident around theory and practice.