Research in Practice
@researchip.bsky.social
We support professionals with their learning to enable people to live good lives.
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https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/
Part of the @ncb.org.uk family.
https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/
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The window for all registered social workers to apply to renew their registration and submit their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record is now open.
Complete your renewal and registration ahead of the deadline on 30 November. ow.ly/OOBy50WP6R0
Complete your renewal and registration ahead of the deadline on 30 November. ow.ly/OOBy50WP6R0
Directors & PSWs: Want to strengthen your workforce and reduce turnover? Invest in your supervisors. Places are now open for our Supervisors Development Programme https://ow.ly/YTn550XnBx6
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Directors & PSWs: Want to strengthen your workforce and reduce turnover? Invest in your supervisors. Places are now open for our Supervisors Development Programme https://ow.ly/YTn550XnBx6
Strong supervision isn’t just about oversight - it’s about creating safe spaces for reflection and curiosity. How is your organisation investing in developing supervision as a leadership skill? https://ow.ly/yCyY50XnBu2
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Strong supervision isn’t just about oversight - it’s about creating safe spaces for reflection and curiosity. How is your organisation investing in developing supervision as a leadership skill? https://ow.ly/yCyY50XnBu2
Take part in research that aims to establish a better understanding of the experiences of children in children’s homes and to feed into an evidence base for a needs-led approach to commissioning and provision. www.ncb.org.uk/what-we-do/r...
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Take part in research that aims to establish a better understanding of the experiences of children in children’s homes and to feed into an evidence base for a needs-led approach to commissioning and provision. www.ncb.org.uk/what-we-do/r...
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In a day full of profound insights, this was one of the most 'wow' #LeadersF25
Zoya Wallington: Prevention often has a root in colonial norms - a sense that we know better. We still use assessments like the strengths and difficulties questionnaire that assess children as sub-normal #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In a day full of profound insights, this was one of the most 'wow' #LeadersF25
@dezholmes1.bsky.social: If we see leadership as setting the emotional climate, then it means that we are a movement. We have never needed activism more #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@dezholmes1.bsky.social: If we see leadership as setting the emotional climate, then it means that we are a movement. We have never needed activism more #LeadersF25
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CALLING ALL SCHOOLS IN WALES
Have you downloaded your #AntiBullyingWeek and #OddSocksDay school activity packs yet?
They are available in Welsh and English and are mapped against the Welsh curriculum.
Start planning your #PowerForGood activities now: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
Have you downloaded your #AntiBullyingWeek and #OddSocksDay school activity packs yet?
They are available in Welsh and English and are mapped against the Welsh curriculum.
Start planning your #PowerForGood activities now: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
CALLING ALL SCHOOLS IN WALES
Have you downloaded your #AntiBullyingWeek and #OddSocksDay school activity packs yet?
They are available in Welsh and English and are mapped against the Welsh curriculum.
Start planning your #PowerForGood activities now: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
Have you downloaded your #AntiBullyingWeek and #OddSocksDay school activity packs yet?
They are available in Welsh and English and are mapped against the Welsh curriculum.
Start planning your #PowerForGood activities now: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
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AT SYLW POB YSGOL YNG NGHYMRU
Ydych chi wedi lawrlwytho pecynnau gweithgareddau #WythnosGwrthFwlio a #DiwrnodSanauOd i ysgolion eto?
Maent ar gael yn Gymraeg a Saesneg ac wedi’u mapio yn erbyn cwricwlwm Cymru.
Dechreuwch gynllunio eich gweithgareddau #GalluerGwell nawr: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
Ydych chi wedi lawrlwytho pecynnau gweithgareddau #WythnosGwrthFwlio a #DiwrnodSanauOd i ysgolion eto?
Maent ar gael yn Gymraeg a Saesneg ac wedi’u mapio yn erbyn cwricwlwm Cymru.
Dechreuwch gynllunio eich gweithgareddau #GalluerGwell nawr: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
AT SYLW POB YSGOL YNG NGHYMRU
Ydych chi wedi lawrlwytho pecynnau gweithgareddau #WythnosGwrthFwlio a #DiwrnodSanauOd i ysgolion eto?
Maent ar gael yn Gymraeg a Saesneg ac wedi’u mapio yn erbyn cwricwlwm Cymru.
Dechreuwch gynllunio eich gweithgareddau #GalluerGwell nawr: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
Ydych chi wedi lawrlwytho pecynnau gweithgareddau #WythnosGwrthFwlio a #DiwrnodSanauOd i ysgolion eto?
Maent ar gael yn Gymraeg a Saesneg ac wedi’u mapio yn erbyn cwricwlwm Cymru.
Dechreuwch gynllunio eich gweithgareddau #GalluerGwell nawr: bit.ly/4qGTi2s
Dr. Ron Dodzro: Respectful work isn't about being nice, it's about being accountable. Our role as leaders is to ecologically aware - we can't just intervene in one system. Leaders is modelling curiosity over certainty, reflection over action #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dr. Ron Dodzro: Respectful work isn't about being nice, it's about being accountable. Our role as leaders is to ecologically aware - we can't just intervene in one system. Leaders is modelling curiosity over certainty, reflection over action #LeadersF25
Dr. Ron Dodzro shares Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Model. Are we conversing with families or about families at the mesosystem layer? #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. Ron Dodzro shares Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Model. Are we conversing with families or about families at the mesosystem layer? #LeadersF25
Zoya Wallington: Prevention often has a root in colonial norms - a sense that we know better. We still use assessments like the strengths and difficulties questionnaire that assess children as sub-normal #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Zoya Wallington: Prevention often has a root in colonial norms - a sense that we know better. We still use assessments like the strengths and difficulties questionnaire that assess children as sub-normal #LeadersF25
Zoya Wallington: We need to consider the language that we use around deficits. People are more than measures - ACEs are a prime example #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Zoya Wallington: We need to consider the language that we use around deficits. People are more than measures - ACEs are a prime example #LeadersF25
Really interesting framing by Rachael Wardell @theadcsltd.bsky.social around whether we need to build services that last forever, or celebrate the work that we're doing right now. Chimes with this post by @paulitaylor.bsky.social on planned obsolescence paulitaylor.com/2022/01/10/b... #LeadersF25
Built Not To Last: Could Planned Obsolescence Be Good For The Social Sector?
Planned obsolescence is the practice of deliberately creating consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete (or out of date) and therefore need to be frequently replaced. If we designed our organisat…
paulitaylor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Really interesting framing by Rachael Wardell @theadcsltd.bsky.social around whether we need to build services that last forever, or celebrate the work that we're doing right now. Chimes with this post by @paulitaylor.bsky.social on planned obsolescence paulitaylor.com/2022/01/10/b... #LeadersF25
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If 'prevention' is the answer, what was the question ...? Sounds like a good place to start an interesting conversation
What are we preventing and who got to decide what that is? Helpful provocation from today's chair @dezholmes1.bsky.social before we go into our first session on community development #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If 'prevention' is the answer, what was the question ...? Sounds like a good place to start an interesting conversation
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Very good to hear Rachael Wardell speak @researchip.bsky.social leaders forum: “prevention is synonymous with a great childhood” …”the first 18 years MATTER”
#LeadersF25
Young people tell us what needs to change in this years #GoodChildhoodReport
#LeadersF25
Young people tell us what needs to change in this years #GoodChildhoodReport
"A good childhood is prevention" < Rachael Wardell cites @theadcsltd.bsky.social Childhood Matters work www.adcs.org.uk/childhood-ma... #LeadersF25
Childhood Matters
ADCS is a membership organisation. Our members hold leadership roles in children’s services departments in local authorities in England.
www.adcs.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Very good to hear Rachael Wardell speak @researchip.bsky.social leaders forum: “prevention is synonymous with a great childhood” …”the first 18 years MATTER”
#LeadersF25
Young people tell us what needs to change in this years #GoodChildhoodReport
#LeadersF25
Young people tell us what needs to change in this years #GoodChildhoodReport
Simon Thomas, Wiltshire Council: Having clear, simple messaging was vital to enable boundary spanning leadership across children's and adults' services #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Simon Thomas, Wiltshire Council: Having clear, simple messaging was vital to enable boundary spanning leadership across children's and adults' services #LeadersF25
Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: If we're listening to people and what they say they need, no one is saying that they want separate children's and adults services #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: If we're listening to people and what they say they need, no one is saying that they want separate children's and adults services #LeadersF25
Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: It starts with relationships. If we're going to effectively work across children's and adults services, we need to think about rhythms and routines #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: It starts with relationships. If we're going to effectively work across children's and adults services, we need to think about rhythms and routines #LeadersF25
Rachael Wardell @theadcsltd.bsky.social: The adults and children's sectors can label prevention work differently, but we grapple with the same challenges. All adults were children once #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Rachael Wardell @theadcsltd.bsky.social: The adults and children's sectors can label prevention work differently, but we grapple with the same challenges. All adults were children once #LeadersF25
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@llannerch.bsky.social: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible instead of despair convincing" < Love this! #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"A good childhood is prevention" < Rachael Wardell cites @theadcsltd.bsky.social Childhood Matters work www.adcs.org.uk/childhood-ma... #LeadersF25
Childhood Matters
ADCS is a membership organisation. Our members hold leadership roles in children’s services departments in local authorities in England.
www.adcs.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"A good childhood is prevention" < Rachael Wardell cites @theadcsltd.bsky.social Childhood Matters work www.adcs.org.uk/childhood-ma... #LeadersF25
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Shamelessly pinched from Mary Graham, Aboriginal activist and elder. This a great starting point
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November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Shamelessly pinched from Mary Graham, Aboriginal activist and elder. This a great starting point
parrhesiajournal.org/wp-content/u...
parrhesiajournal.org/wp-content/u...
Hearing about a Human Learning Systems approach to loneliness in our adults workshop. Well worth digging into the resources on the Human Learning Systems website for an abundance of case studies and resources www.humanlearning.systems #LeadersF25
Human Learning Systems
www.humanlearning.systems
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hearing about a Human Learning Systems approach to loneliness in our adults workshop. Well worth digging into the resources on the Human Learning Systems website for an abundance of case studies and resources www.humanlearning.systems #LeadersF25
Adam Lent @thekingsfund.bsky.social talks about how community led support has reduced in the Borders. This study shares helpful learning arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight... #LeadersF25
New study finds community-led support improves social care practice
A new study has found that the Community-Led Support programme has had positive impacts on social care practice.
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Adam Lent @thekingsfund.bsky.social talks about how community led support has reduced in the Borders. This study shares helpful learning arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight... #LeadersF25
@llannerch.bsky.social: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible instead of despair convincing" < Love this! #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@llannerch.bsky.social: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible instead of despair convincing" < Love this! #LeadersF25
Adam Lent @thekingsfund.bsky.social cites the work of Samira Ben Omar in building trust and relationships with the community. She developed human connection through her work with Community Champions www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/the... #LeadersF25
The space-maker: introducing Samira Ben Omar - New Local
New Local Board member Samira Ben Omar, has dedicated her career to addressing inequalities in health and other spheres.
www.newlocal.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Adam Lent @thekingsfund.bsky.social cites the work of Samira Ben Omar in building trust and relationships with the community. She developed human connection through her work with Community Champions www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/the... #LeadersF25