Every social worker remembers those key people in their teams that were pivotal in helping them learn and develop practice in the early stages of their careers and how important that input was. The London Borough of Newham does too and has introduced a new role – practice development social worker (PDSW) - that allows experienced social workers with a passion for supporting education and learning to progress their careers.
Principal social worker in children’s and families Beverley Halligan, who also heads up Newham’s social care academy, tells us more about this new training and development offer and we hear from two social workers Jane and Jessica who will be two of five PDSWs at Newham.

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