Young people’s guide to being independent and safe online

By guest blogger Lucy Hogg, Get Digital Programme Manager This guide developed by the Get Digital team is another tool for improving the digital resilience of children and young people. The Get Digital programme aims to empower young people with the knowledge and skills to thrive in the online world while ensuring their safety and …

Rethinking Families has given me some of the best moments in my career

By guest blogger, Charlotte Pratt, Senior Social Worker in the Rethinking Families Team The Rethinking Families team came into being in 2020 following a pilot that we ran for 3 years. We are an attachment and trauma informed team of social workers and family support workers who use Pat Crittenden’s Dynamic Maturation Model of attachment …

Children’s Disability – social work and so much more

By guest blogger – Annie, Social Worker, Children’s Disability Service I joined East Sussex’s Children’s Disability Service (CDS) as a Newly Qualified Social Worker in 2017 and have worked in the Duty Team since but due to the nature of work I do hold some more long term and LAC cases. I love my job …

Working together achieves great results for those who need it most

By guest blogger Charlotte Pratt, Social Worker, Family Support Team Positive professional relationships underpin the aim of our social care Connected Practice methodology to create change through meaningful and helpful relationships with children and families. Charlotte, a Social Worker in Rother Family Support Team, spoke to us about the positive impact a good professional relationship …

I always wanted to work in social care and now I have achieved my dream

By guest blogger Darcey Stencel-Wade, Newly Qualified Social Worker, Family Support Team Darcey who graduated from the University of Brighton with an MSc in Social Work and is now part of the Family Support Team shares her experiences and tips of being a Newly Qualified Social Worker in East Sussex. I had always wanted to …

Student Learning Hubs develop confidence as well as knowledge and practice skills

By guest blogger, Vicki Ellis, Development Manager in the Social Work Education Team As the SCRC Teaching Partnership publishes its evaluation I would like to reflect on its work over the past 2.5 years. For me it really has delivered on its key objective to equip social workers with knowledge and skills to create change, …

Equipping our practice managers to be the best they can be

By Nicola McGeown, Principal Social Worker We have been working on redeveloping our social work management and leadership programme; I wanted it to be inspiring and a true reflection of our Connected Practice model. I have been working with managers and engaging service users to create a programme which will equip our practice managers with …

Different perspectives

By guest blogger, Vicki Ellis, Practice Manager, Social Work Education Team Recently I helped out at a Meet and Play day; an opportunity for prospective adopters to meet children. Children who are waiting in foster care for a family to be found for them, to hopefully be loved and grow up in. Initially my offer …

Hearing feedback from young people has been inspirational

By guest blogger, Annie McAuliffe, Social Worker in the Children’s Disability Service I’m very much at the start of my career; I’ve just passed my ASYE and undertook my placement the previous year in Brighton & Hove Children’s Services. I started at ESCC in the Children's Disability Team the same year. I was really attracted …

SPOA has honed my risk assessment and decision making skills

By guest blogger, Jemma Kavanagh, Senior Social Worker in the Single Point of Access (SPOA) I have worked as a social worker for over 18 years and started work at ESCC in 2000. I have worked in most teams including Adoption, Post Adoption Support, Duty and Assessment, and MASH (Multi Agency Screening Hub) and LAC, …