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In social work with children and families, the importance of the capacity for practitioners to exercise critical analysis and reflection is widely recognised. This is with regard to managing complex casework and, therefore, improving the quality of their assessments and decision-making. If this is true generally, in our field it is particularly so in this current period of crisis.
DfE guidance recognises that social workers are working in circumstances where established practice and processes have to be adapted to, for example, a context in which face to face contact with families is limited. This webinar will look at the theoretical and research-based knowledge and tools associated with critical reflection, and attempts to apply these ideas to the current challenging context of practice. In particular, practitioners will be able to:
• Consider the implications of the crisis on social work practice, and the delivery of services to children and their families;
• Recognise the role that reflective and critical thinking plays in producing high quality assessments, and purposeful plans, in such a context;
• Understand the systemic processes that promote, or impede, reflection in practice;
• Explore a range of conceptual models that underpin reflective practice;
• Discuss the relationship between critical reflection, emotional intelligence and relationship building;
• Look at the links between reflective analytical thinking and anti-oppressive practice;
• Identify helpful research based resources for practice.