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Season’s greetings from Research in Practice

Season’s greetings from Research in Practice…the proof is in the pudding.

New resources to support practice supervisors in their role

Practice supervisors play an important role in supporting supervisees to become emotionally resilient practitioners and ensuring that social workers provide an excellent service to children and families. New open access resources aim to support practice supervisors in key aspects of their role.

Social work: enabling voter registration

The Research in Practice – Register to vote leaflet brings together information for social workers and others in direct practice, to enable the people they work with to register to vote.

Tackling child exploitation – apply for support in your local area

We are now accepting applications to deliver Bespoke Support within local areas as part of the Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme.

Assessing organisational resilience and wellbeing

A new online tool aims to assess the extent that organisational factors and conditions support the wellbeing of staff.

New resources on forced marriage, self-harm and positive mental health and wellbeing in children and young people

New resources on forced marriage, self-harm and positive mental health and wellbeing in children and young people.

Resources to build professional knowledge, skills and confidence

To support professional learning and development, Research in Practice has updated online mapping resources for the Knowledge and Skills Statements and the Professional Capabilities Framework.

Call for knowledge and practice examples – Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme

Colleagues across the sector are invited to share existing materials, models and tools to help develop and embed an effective strategic response to child exploitation.

Inform the development of the Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme

Research in Practice is inviting professionals to participate in a survey to inform the development and delivery of the Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme.

Working with children, young people and families with learning disabilities

To support Learning Disability Week, Research in Practice has brought together multimedia resources to support practice with children, young people and families with learning disabilities.