Renew registration and record your CPD

The deadline for all social workers to apply to renew their registration and record their continuing professional development is 30 November. View guidance to support this years renewal.

Domestic violence and abuse

The research summarised this month focuses on practice to support people who may be experiencing domestic violence and abuse.

Assessing organisational resilience and wellbeing

We’re delighted to announce the third opening of the Social Work Organisational Resilience Diagnostic (SWORD), a survey and an online workbook designed for use across the whole social work and broader social care profession.

SWORD and learning from the pandemic

Our open access webinar will discuss how the Social Work Organisational Resilience Diagnostic framework works and highlight some new tasks and strategies for leaders to support practitioners to build and sustain resilience.

Policy Update

This month includes an interim report on the children’s social care market; the CQC’s annual assessment of adult social care; and the first performance review of Social Work England.