World Social Work Day: Cafcass webcast panel – Live on Tuesday 17 March at 10am
Tuesday 17 March 2020 is World Social Work Day. As part of the day, there will be a live webcast from Cafcass taking place from 10am [...]
International Women’s Day 2020: Listening and learning life lessons
It was International Women's Day yesterday on Sunday 8 March; this year's theme was 'Each for Equal' – which includes not only gender equality but also equality [...]
RIP February 2020 Round-up
Here at Knowsley Council Children’s Services, we have “champions” in place for various areas of social work. What is a champion? A champion is someone within [...]
Knowsley social workers join exclusive Signs of Safety learning lab session with Andrew Turnell
On Wednesday 12 February 2020, Knowsley social work professionals joined a national learning lab conference call with other local authorities and the co-founder of Signs of Safety: [...]
Congratulations to our 2019 Firstline graduates
Happy New Year from all of us at the Knowsley Social Work Academy! We want to say a particular congratulations to Claire Cashmore and Selina Kent [...]
MASH shortlisted for Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership Award
A huge congratulations to our Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) team! They have been shortlisted for a prestigious Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership Award [...]
Children and families bring festive cheer with Christmas decorations
Nutgrove Villa has been swept up in the festive spirit thanks to the wonderful children and families who work with Knowsley Council's Children Services. Not [...]
Our Social Work Practice Standards
In Knowsley, everything we do with children and families should be delivered to the highest standard. In order to do this, we work to the ‘Social Work [...]
Signs of Safety: Guidance
Knowsley has adopted 'Signs of Safety' as its practice framework. The framework is being used across the whole of Children’s Social Care and partner agencies. You can [...]
Social Work England becomes the new regulator for social workers from Monday 2 December 2019
Next week on Monday 2 December 2019, Social Work England will take over from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as the new specialist [...]