Social work career pathways
  • Routes into social work
    • Postgraduate: Step up
    • Apprenticeships
    • Newly Qualified Social Worker / ASYE Programme
  • Children’s Social Work Career Development Framework
    • Newly Qualified Social Worker Programme
      • Connected Practice – NQSW
      • Core knowledge and skills – NQSW
      • Thematics – NQSW
      • Leadership and supervision – NQSW
      • Progression – NQSW
    • Social Worker and Senior Social Worker
      • Connected Practice – SW/SSW
        • Practice lead development programme
      • Core knowledge and skills – SW/SSW
        • Practice lead development programme
      • Thematics – SW/SSW
        • Practice lead development programme
      • Leadership and supervision – SW/SSW
      • Progression – SW/SSW
    • Practice Manager / IRO / CPA
    • Operations Manager
    • Head of Service / Assistant Director
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    • Newly Qualified Social Worker / ASYE Programme
    • Children’s Residential Childcare Careers
  • Beyond the Desk blog

Beyond the Desk blog

Beyond the Desk blog

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Building trust through Family Help: a Social Worker’s perspective

October 21, 2026 BeyondTheDesk ChangingPerceptions
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Inside the Children’s Disability Service: specialist social work in action

August 4, 2026 BeyondTheDesk Children'sServices
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Family Network Meetings: unlocking the strength of family support

June 16, 2026 BeyondTheDesk Blog
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At the heart of the table: why food matters for children in care

May 5, 2026 BeyondTheDesk Blog
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Co-building hope and harmony with children and families

March 19, 2026 Beyond the desk Blog
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Heading Home: lessons in hope, humanity and partnership

February 3, 2026 Beyond the desk Blog
Previous blogs

Beyond the Desk

Building trust through Family Help: a Social Worker’s perspective

Inside the Children’s Disability Service: specialist social work in action

Family Network Meetings: unlocking the strength of family support

At the heart of the table: why food matters for children in care

Co-building hope and harmony with children and families

Heading Home: lessons in hope, humanity and partnership

‘The pressures in MASH are equal, but uniquely different, to other social work roles’

‘Life story work is probably my favourite part of the job’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Email: socialworkeducationteam@eastsussex.gov.uk


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