Meeting the needs of neurodiverse practitioners in your organisation
Meeting the needs of neurodiverse practitioners in your organisation
Delivered online using Microsoft Teams
12:00 - 13:30 Tuesday, 23 January 2024
In this webinar, Deb Solomon and Jenni Guthrie (Chair and Deputy Chair of the BASW Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group) will explore how organisations can support neurodivergent practitioners to thrive and progress, and, in the context of the continuing recruitment and retention crisis in social work, why it is important to do so.
The session will explore:
- Myth busting and common assumptions about neurodiversity.
- Adopting a strengths-based approach to supporting neurodivergent practitioners.
- The views and experiences of neurodivergent practitioners.
- Doing things differently: examples of effective practice and challenge questions for organisations.
Audience Types
Senior practitioners
Team leaders
Workforce development teams
Principal Social Worker (PSW)
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Developing excellent practitioners | Shaping and influencing the practice system | Designing a system to support effective practice | Creating a context for excellent practice | Developing confident and capable social workers
CQC - Well-led
PCF - Diversity and equality | Contexts and organisations
RCOT - Support development