| Attention all New Social Workers (3yrs experience or less) |
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We are currently planning to start a pilot programme of Peer Consultation for new social workers! What> A pilot programme of structured peer consultation based on research and experience. We are hoping to run 1 or 2 groups now, depending on interest. We hope to research and to evaluate these groups and possibly run more groups in the future. This will be run through IASW Special Interest Group 'New Social Workers'- www.newsocialworkers.com Why> The basic idea is that peer consultation will be an additional support to the managerial supervision that social workers receive in work. We hope it will support new social workers in linking theory to practice, continuous professional development, etc When> We are planning the first group to have 7 sessions, meeting once a month from November 2011-May 2012. These sessions would probably be about 1- 1.5 hours long on a weekday evening after work. Maybe around 6 or 7pm? Where> We expect the first groups would meet in city centre Dublin as that currently works for our group leaders. However we are very open to groups in other areas if more convenient for members, especially in the future. Who> All new social workers (3 years experience or less). We hope that each peer consultation group will have about 6-8 members of social workers from different areas of work or with different experience to help the learning.
So if you are interested, we would like to invite you to come to a Preparation for Peer Consultation Night. This night will be from 7-8pm on Wednesday October 26th in the IASW headquarters, St Andrew's Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St. Dublin 2. On this night, we hope to share some information and research on peer consultation, discuss what might work best in setting up the peer consultation process, do group contracts, and get the process started. If you would like to be involved and can come on October 26, please RSVP to this email address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it If you would like to be involved and cannot come on October 26, please let us know and we will see about still getting you involved. We look forward to hearing from you! The New Social Worker Special Interest Group. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |