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Our social work area forums are held across the country to keep you up to date with local and national social work activity.

The forums play an important role in local collaboration and partnerships. Information about forthcoming meetings is included in our monthly social work briefing

 

SWAN meeting dates and arrangements:

  • Thursday 7 November
  • Thursday 6 March 2025

All meetings are 13:30-16:00 via Teams.

If you'd like the invite, wish to join the SWAN or just find out more, please email Fran Simons at fran.simons@skillsforcare.org.uk 

 

Our social work co-ordinator for London and the South East Area is Selena Docherty. If you have any questions or would like further information about things happening in your area please email selena.docherty@skillsforcare.org.uk

The Pan London social work education network (SWEN) and ASYE best practice forum is now a combined forum called London and South East SWEN/ASYE forum. To attend the forum you need to be on the mailing list. To request to be added to the list, please email londonsocialwork@skillsforcare.org.uk and selena.docherty@skillsforcare.org.uk giving your name, organisation and role.

Key resources:

Joint forums

The date of the next London and South East SWEN/ASYE forum is to be confirmed. 

The notes and presentations from previous forums are below:

If you’d like to added to the invite list for the next forum, please email londonsocialwork@skillsforcare.org.uk and selena.docherty@skillsforcare.org.uk

 

London forums

Our London forums are is divided into five local areas which hold regular social work education meetings. The forums provide an opportunity for you to work collaboratively with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to support your strategic planning.

  1. North West London social work partnership
  2. North Central London ASYE, CPD and PE social work group
  3. North East London social work partnership
  4. South East London Social Work Reform Partnership

 

South East forums

Our South East forums are divided into four local areas which hold regular social work education meetings.

The forums provide an opportunity for you to work collaboratively with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to support your strategic planning.

  1. Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth (SHIP) social work education group 
  2. Sussex and Surrey social work education group
  3. Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire social work education group.

Information about forthcoming meetings is included in our monthly social work briefing.

 

We have two social work education networks in the Midlands. For more information please email lauren.stacey@skillsforcare.org.uk who is our social work co-ordinator for this area.

 

East Midlands social work network

The next virtual meeting is to be confirmed. 

For joining links and invitations to future meetings please email lucy.mcdonald@skillsforcare.org.uk 

Please send any agenda items to angie.bartoli@ntu.ac.uk, chair of the network.

 

West Midlands social work development group  

The next virtual meeting is to be confirmed. 

For joining links and invitations to future meetings please email lucy.mcdonald@skillsforcare.org.uk 

 

Please send any agenda items to Amanda Fitchett ac0159@coventry.ac.uk, chair of the network.

Key resources

 

We have two social work education networks in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber. Both networks address topics such as, post qualifying training for social workers, social work qualifying education, the PCF, the ASYE, principal social worker developments, practice education and continuing professional development.

We also use the meetings to contribute to consultations and address the concerns of local stakeholders.

The networks are attended by a range of social work professionals across child and family and adults social work.

Our social work co-ordinator for this area is Ailsa Benn Ailsa.Benn@skillsforcare.org.uk

 

North East Social Work Network

The North East Social Work Network meets 13:00-15:00 on the dates listed below. The next meeting will be held online.

  • Tuesday 3 September
  • Tuesday 12 November

Yorkshire and Humber Social Work Network

These meetings are held 10:00–12:00 on the dates listed below. The next meeting will be held online.

  • Wednesday 4 September
  • Wednesday 13 November

Our social work co-ordinator for this area is Ailsa Benn Ailsa.Benn@skillsforcare.org.uk

 

The date of the next North West Regional Social Work Forum is Thursday 5 September, 13:30-15:00.

Please email Ali Davenport if you'd like to attend.

Our social work co-ordinator for the North West is Ali Davenport Alison.Davenport@skillsforcare.org.uk 

 

Dates of future network meetings are to be confirmed.

Our social work co-ordinator for the South West area is Jill Croskell Jill.Croskell@skillsforcare.org.uk