The Professional Capability Framework (PCF), published by The College of SocialWork, sets the professional standards for social workers throughout their career at all levels, from entry to professional qualifying training to senior, strategic roles. The PCF is a generic framework, applicable to social work practice in all settings and specialisms and at all levels. This guidance outlines how
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The Professional Capability Framework (PCF), published by The College of SocialWork, sets the professional standards for social workers throughout their career at all levels, from entry to professional qualifying training to senior, strategic roles. The PCF is a generic framework, applicable to social work practice in all settings and specialisms and at all levels. This guidance outlines how the PCF applies to fostering and adoption practice across all fostering and adoption settings in England. The additional statements, drawn up by The College in partnership with practitioners from across the sector, will help social workers working with children in care as well as in fostering and adoption understand fully how the professional capabilities framework relates to their specialist area of work. They are applicable to all social workers working in the discipline, irrespective of setting. They also apply to all PCF levels from newly qualified social workers undertaking their ASYE year through to strategic managers. The additional statements cover the PCF key domain areas, including professionalism, values and ethics, diversity, social justice and human rights, knowledge, critical reflection, skills and intervention, context and organisations, and leadership.
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social workers, foster care, adoption, skills, professional role, standards, professional conduct;
This continuing professional development training guide has been developed for educators and trainers to help improve and standardise social work training in fostering and adoption. The framework lists the key areas that should be included to improve social workers understanding of reunification, family and friends care, long-term foster care, special guardianship and adoption. Topics are listed under the following headings: knowledge; critical reflection and analysis; skills and intervention; contexts; organisations and leadership. It is fully integrated with the College's 'Professional Capabilities Framework' (PCF) and is relevant to social workers at each level of the PCF.
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This continuing professional development training guide has been developed for educators and trainers to help improve and standardise social work training in fostering and adoption. The framework lists the key areas that should be included to improve social workers understanding of reunification, family and friends care, long-term foster care, special guardianship and adoption. Topics are listed under the following headings: knowledge; critical reflection and analysis; skills and intervention; contexts; organisations and leadership. It is fully integrated with the College's 'Professional Capabilities Framework' (PCF) and is relevant to social workers at each level of the PCF.
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Subject terms:
continuing professional development, social workers, family reunification, foster care, special guardianship, adoption, kinship care, training, permanency planning;