Welcome to Social Work Matters a reflective blog on social work focussing on practice with children and young people who are looked after and their families.
Systemic Practice essential for Social Work
A systemic approach is essential in social work practice, it can be used in a variety of contexts because; it helps shape the way social workers interact with families, how they build strong trusting relationships, the point of view they take and the solutions they try to find to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable…
Continue reading . . .Collaborative Recording with Children
Keeping accurate records has a valuable role in social work practice, recordings act as our memory of an event and support with assessment. For years I have been visiting children returning to the office and writing about what has happened with the certain knowledge that almost no one would ever read what I had written…
Continue reading . . .Example letter format for summarising visits
Phone: <SW Phone Number> Email: <SW Email> Date: <Date> <Address> <Town> <City> <Postcode> Dear <Child’s name>, About: My visit to you This letter is for you it is what I have recorded about my visit to you, you can decide if you want to share this letter with other people or not. Reason for my…
Continue reading . . .Example of a letter preparing children for Collaborative Recording
Phone: <SW Phone Number> Email: <SW Email> Date: <Date> <Address> <Town> <City> <Postcode> Dear <Child’s Name>, About: My visits to see you When I come to see you I talk about quite a few things. I want to know how your health is, what you think about school or college, and what you do when…
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