Learning from research seminar: Building Strong Foundations with strengths based practice.

This research seminar is open to members of the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership. Please see below for our Partner organisations.

The University of Birmingham’s research has identified eight ‘top tips’ for local authorities to embed strengths based working within social care services. The research project studied three local authorities in England which were highly committed to strengths-based practice (York, Camden, and Birmingham). Each sought to embed this approach throughout their social care system by introducing new services and interventions and through supporting their front-line social care practitioners change their day-to-day work.

The session will outline the practice implications of the research for social workers and team managers drawing on the practice report and examples from practice. The session will also draw on other research undertaken by the team, including the research on implementation in the West Midlands.

Facilitator bios: Professor Robin Miller is an applied academic with an international…