Previous events Back to 'Department of Social Work and Social Care' The following events were hosted by the Social Work Academy and many contain further information and background reading (Events prior to 2019 have been archived). 2023 4th May - Diversity, Equality & Social Work Leadership Webinar7th March - Who Cares? 2022 31st October - Leadership and Social Work in the UK: Valuing its Potential15th June - Leading strengths-based practice - New insights and learning14th June - Participatory research in social care: A learning and networking event14th June - Improving LGBTQ+ Young People's Experiences of Social Care12th May - Participatory Research in Social Care: Training Sessions in Creative Research Methods - 2: Disseminating research findings12th May - Invitation to join visiting Professors Utrat Milecki and Krolikowska28th April - Participatory Research in Social Care: Training Sessions in Creative Research Methods - 1:Data gathering and analysis21st March - Strengths Based Approaches in Adult Social Care Conference: Adapting the system15th March - Adapting to Ubuntu: How social workers can spark change10th March - A dyadic approach to HIV prevention for male couples28th February - Strengths Based Approaches in Adult Social Care Conference: Assets, Strengths and Relationality1st February - 'You'll make a good social worker - the trouble is you think too much' – designing and delivering IMPACT (the new UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care) 2021 25th February - New evidence for a new future: Adult Social Care Research in the West Midlands10th February - Strengths Based Working: too great a challenge for Social Work? 2020 17th December - Older people as self-funders: the invisible lynchpin of social care?28th April - From the Top with Feeling: Resilience, relationships and reflective practice23rd March - Exploring Lesbian perspectives and experiences of gender and sexuality in leadership in social work and social care12th March - Austerity and anxiety: The role of relationship-based practice19th February - Working with People with Hoarding Behaviours15th-23rd February - Lindsay Seers Care(less) VR talk and exhibition13th February - Victim focused approaches and combating victim blaming for professionals5th February - Inequalities in child protection: what have we learnt, what next?15th January - Researching Social Work: Studying research methods and developing a PhD proposal 2019 10th December - Social Work Academy Masterclass28th November - Making the social care future, together25th October - Older Men At The Margins: Loneliness, isolation and help-seeking experiences of men (65+) from marginalised and seldom-heard groups23rd October - Contextual Safeguarding: Dr Carlene Firmin, University of Bedfordshire18th September - Leading Person-centred and coordinated care4th July - Young carers and family life: a West Midlands perspective24th June - What does good leadership in social work look like? Lessons from the field20th June - Who's in charge of the robot? The ethical challenge of machines in care22nd January - Social Work in 42 Objects (and more)16th January - Mini-Inaugural Lecture Series: Anne-Marie Glover