Social Work Training

Confidence in Practice One Day Training Experience

A full-day, practice-building training for Newly Qualified Social Workers

Newly qualified social workers enter practice with huge potential — but often without the practical tools, confidence and grounding needed to feel steady in the real world of frontline work.
This training is designed to change that.

Across a supportive, practical and child-centred day, participants strengthen the skills that underpin confident practice: communication, meetings, home visits, assessment, decision-making and emotional regulation.

This training aligns fully with the Post-Qualifying Standards (PQS) for NQSWs and integrates seamlessly with any local authority practice framework — systemic, relational, restorative or blended.

What we cover

Confident communication (verbal, non-verbal and written)
Chairing and contributing to multi-agency meetings
Home visit practice: presence, observation, boundaries, holding risk
Assessment skills: gathering, analysing and balancing information
Professional judgement + defensible decision-making
Working in partnership with families
Understanding emotional regulation + co-regulation in practice
Reframing imposter syndrome through values, identity and reflection

Every skill is taught through the lens of prioritising children’s lived experience, and every activity includes space to apply learning directly to practice.

Why this training works

Real examples, real language, real scenarios
A reflective, psychologically safe learning environment
Practical tools for day to day tasks
Content that builds confidence, competence and calm — not overwhelm

Perfect for ASYE programmes wanting high-quality, accessible and compassionate training that bridges the gap between qualification and confident practice.

Assessment Skills

Half-day or Full-day Training for NQSWs & ASYE cohorts

Assessment can feel intimidating for new social workers — especially when the expectations around writing, analysis and decision-making vary across teams.
This training builds a clear, child-centred, grounded approach that social workers can use in any local authority, regardless of framework.

Aligned to the Post-Qualifying Standards for NQSWs, this session strengthens professional judgement and helps social workers write clearer, more confident assessments that genuinely reflect children’s lived experience.

What we cover

Understanding assessment purpose, structure and expectations
Legislation, consent and key frameworks
Direct work that informs meaningful assessment
Professional judgement + defensible decision-making
Analysis skills: connecting information, questioning “why?” and “so what?”
Writing assessments with clarity, depth and emotional intelligence
Avoiding “copy and paste” culture
Balancing strengths, risks, needs and context

This training works seamlessly within systemic, relational and restorative practice models, supporting social workers to maintain a child-centred lens in all decisions.

Home Visits

Half-day or Full-day Practical Training for NQSWs

Most new social workers describe home visits as one of the most anxiety-inducing parts of the role.
This training provides a grounded, safety-focused, relational and child-centred approach that builds confidence and competence from the inside out.

Fully aligned to the Post-Qualifying Standards for NQSWs, and suitable for any local authority model — systemic, relational or restorative.

What we cover

Planning and preparing for visits
Safety, boundaries and situational awareness
Professional curiosity: noticing beyond the obvious
Building rapport while holding risk
Observations that prioritise children’s lived experience
Managing difficult dynamics, conflict or avoidance
Cultural humility and anti-discriminatory practice
Recording, analysis and next steps

This session gives social workers a structured approach they can rely on — without losing compassion, humanity or partnership with families.

Managing Meetings

Half-day or Full-day Training for NQSWs

Meetings shape children’s lives — but most social workers receive little to no training on how to chair or contribute confidently.
This session fills that gap.

Rooted in child-centred, restorative and relational practice, this training helps NQSWs build the confidence and clarity needed to navigate complex multi-agency spaces.