NOPT Conference Resources
The 2019 NOPT Conference
Our Annual Conference was held at the University of Portsmouth on June 25th 2019. The following presentations have kindly been provided by our speakers.
The 2018 NOPT Conference was held at the
University of Worcester on 26th June 2018
Some workshop presenters have kindly given their permission for their Powerpoint presentations to be shared – see below. Other presentations may also subsequently be added to the NOPT website as these are received.
Keynote speakers:
Professor Aidan Worsley, UCLAN: Education and Training invite FINAL Regulations, Renovations and Reservations Worcester June 18 Issue
Becki Meakin, Shaping Our Lives: Shaping Our Lives NOPT 2018
Workshops
ScOPTbox: Practice Learning Library – Fiona Stansfield, Chair of ScOPT: ScOPT Presentation – powerpoint – v2
Transparency of Assessment in Practice Education (TAPE) Model – Dr Clare Stone, University of Central Lancashire: C Stone Presentation TAPE Model
Solution-focused skills for practice educating – Guy Shennan, Solution-Focused Consultant: NOPT workshop June 2018 GS
Supporting Students who are having difficulties to “fail better” – Paula Beesley, Leeds Beckett University: NOPT Presentation Paula Beesley
Practice Education in Teaching Partnerships, Evolution through Communities of Practice? – Simon Haworth, University of Birmingham: NOPT PE Presentation Simon Haworth
Using the SHARE model in practice supervision – Dr Prospera Tedam, Academic Lead for Social Work Practice Quality, Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, Chelmsford & Peterborough): NOPT2018SHARE model in practice supervision
How do we enable social work students to develop skills for professional judgement whilst on placement? Findings from research – Dr Joanna Rawles, Senior Lecturer – London South Bank University: Jo Rawles NOPT 2018
And here’s some feedback!
“Also for yesterday’s conference. Hope you’re pleased about how well it went. It’s been tweeted and re-tweeted and was an excellent programme. I learned lots and will adopt some of the things here – including making more use of Scoptbox. Adrian Worsley’s presentation was v. useful.” Ruth from Herefordshire
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The 2017 NOPT Conference was held at the
University of Huddersfield on 4th July 2017
Some workshop presenters have kindly given their permission for their Powerpoint presentations to be shared – see below. Other presentations may also subsequently be added to the NOPT website as these are received.
Keynote speakers:
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Siobhan McLean. Author, Independent Trainer, Consultant and Practice Educator: “Journeys in Practice Learning: A creative model for placements and beyond” NOPT Siobhan keynote
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Mark Baldwin, SWAN: “Social Work Practice & Social Work Education: crisis, what crisis?” Crisis what crisis
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Cheryl Wall , Skills for Care “Changes in Practice Education and Assessment” NOPT 2017 final 3.7.17
Workshops:
. Direct work with students TQEF PPT for conference
· Anti-racist practice in workplace education Bhatti-Sinclair NOPT 2017(1)
· Review of the PCF PCF Review BASW NOPT
· Review of PEPS
· The PE toolkit
· Developing student recording skills in electronic systems
The 2016 NOPT Conference was held on Thursday 7th July at the University of Wolverhampton
Some workshop presenters have kindly given their permission for their Powerpoint presentations to be shared – see below. Other presentations may also subsequently be added to the NOPT website as these are received.
Keynote speakers:
- Dr. Ray Jones – Professor of Social Work at Kingston University and St. George’s, University of London. Reading the Tea Leaves: What’s Ahead for Social Work and Social Work Education. RayJonesNOPT JULY 2016
- Dr Michelle Lefevre – Senior Lecturer in Social Work & Care, University of Sussex. The relationship’s the thing: enhancing practice learning and assessment through the practice educator/student relationship. LEFEVRE_ NOPT2016The relationship’s the thing- enhancing practice learning and assessment through the practice educator-student relationship
There will also be the opportunity to attend 2 workshops during the course of the day
Workshops will include:
- Partners in practice: practice educator and academic tutor perspectives on working together to support student learning on the Frontline programme. Alison Domakin, Principal Lecturer in Social Work, Tilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care, University of Bedfordshire and Liz Curry, Consultant Social Worker, Salford NOPT2016 FRONTLINE
- Political activism and the social work placement – Gurnam Singh, Principal Lecturer in Social Work, Coventry University NOPT GS 2016
- Are we educating for the wrong profession? Findings from a field study on how shame and pride are being used to refashion social workers into a new type of professional – Matthew Gibson, Lecturer, University of Birmingham
- Experiences of black students in practice placements – Salford University Practice Learning Team
- Assessing values and ethics: the impact of personal and cultural beliefs – Hellmuth Weich, Senior Lecturer, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- What you see is what you get, or is it? Improving the quality and consistency of the assessment of Direct Observations of Practice. Mary Keating, Project Manager- Social Work Regulated Professional Workforce, Skills for Care Mary Keating 2016 NOPT final
The page below contains information about the keynote speakers and workshops presented at NOPT Conferences from 2010 to 2014. Some of the speakers and workshop presenters agreed to make their presentations freely available on the NOPT website. You can access these below, by clicking on the relevant link, where available.
2014 NOPT Conference
Title of Conference: Relationships Matter
Keynote speaker:
Professor Aidan Worsley, Executive Dean of the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Central Lancashire
What’s going on? The political context of social work education NOPT AW Presentation October 14
Keynote speaker:
Dr Pamela Trevithick, Visiting Professor in Social Work, Buckinghamshire; University and Project manager for GAPS (a membership organisation set up to promote relationship-based approaches, and psychodynamic and systemic thinking in social work www.gaps.org.uk)
Humanising Managerialism: reclaiming emotional reasoning, intuition, the relationship, and knowledge and skills in social work
1-NOPT managerialism 29 slides FINAL
Trevithick Knowledge & Skills Practice Framework v43 SENT Trevithick LEXICON of 80 skills 2014 v23 SENT
Workshops:
Assessing values and ethics: the impact of personal and cultural beliefs
Hellmuth Weich, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University
The importance of the concept ‘use of self’ and its importance in relationship-based practice
Dr Pamela Trevithick, Visiting Professor in Social Work, Buckinghamshire University and Project manager for GAPS (a membership organisation set up to promote relationship-based approaches, and psychodynamic and systemic thinking in social work www.gaps.org.uk)
2-NOPT Use of self+RBP 28 slides SENT
‘She’s perfect – a good social worker. I can ask for help at any time.’ Listening to the voices of young people in developing quality social work placements
Su McCaughan and Helen Scholar, University of Salford
NOPT 14 Listening to the voices of young people final (1)
Practice Educator Experiences of Holistic Assessment and the PCF
Pam Field, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Work-based Learning Team Lead, University of Central Lancashire; Cathie Jasper, Senior Lecturer in Social Work (with responsibility for Practice Learning), Manchester Metropolitan University
Practice Educator experiences of holistic assessment using the PCF NOPT Oct 2014
Social Work and Social Media
Anne Quinney, Senior Lecturer, Social Work, Bournemouth University
- 2013 NOPT Conference
Keynote speakers:
- Hilary Burgess, Visiting Fellow, School for Policy Studies University of Bristol, Academic Associate, Higher Education Academy, Senior Academic Advisor, SWEPE (Social Work Education Project in England) – The Practice Educator’s role in holistic assessment of the Professional Capabilities Framework: using professional judgement to enhance the quality of practice PCF_Holistic Asst_HB_NOPT_July2013
- Dr Jo Finch, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of East London – Failing to see the Road Signs?- On the road with new regulation but can it guarantee we take the right road with struggling or failing students JFNOPT 2013 2
- The College of Social Work – Update on Social Work Education
Workshops:
- ‘I love MANDELA’: The man, the model and social work practice supervision – Mrs Prospera Tedam, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Social Work, University of Northampton PTNOPTConferenceFinal
- Providing Mentor Support for Practice Educators in Training – an exploration of different approaches used by the Bournemouth University Practice Educator Programme – Fiona McKinnon, Independent Consultant and Practice Educator, Seaspace Consultancy and Sarah Williams, Bournemouth University 2013Providing mentor support for practice educators in training
- Building Bridges – Developing Reflective Practice with Learning Practitioners – Alison Paris, Director of Professional Practice Development, IASS, University of Birmingham
- Using Narrative Practice to develop struggling social work students – Matthew Gibson, Teaching Fellow, Birmingham University
- Practice Educator report writing and the PCF – Cathy Lloyd and Christine Simm, Ruskin College, Oxford NOPT holistic assessment
- The Assessed and Supported Year of Employment: BASW survey findings and discussion – BASW
2012 NOPT Conference
Keynote speakers:
- Pamela Trevithick – Why social work is – and has to be – a highly skilled and knowledge based profession
- Siobhan Maclean – Theory and practice – a practice educator overview
- Cheryl Wall Practice – Practice Educator Professional Standards CWNOPT Conference July 12 final
Workshops:
- Critcally reflective practice – Siobhan MacLean
- Promoting relationship based approaches to social work practice – Pamela Trevithick
- Building resilience through reflection for developing social workers and practice educators – Alison Paris
- Coaching and Mentoring: a new concept? – Kathryn Jones
- Dealing with potential difficulties in placement – processes and governance requirements – Jenny Peddar
- Assessed and Supported Year in Employment – Liz Bord and Kay Renshaw ASYE NOPT
2011 NOPT Conference
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Hilary Tompsett (Chair, Education Working Group, SWRB) –Emerging themes and issues from the ongoing work of the Social Work Reform Board
- Hugh Mc Laughlin (Professor of Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Dr Neil Thompson (Independent trainer, consultant and author) – Workplace Well-being: From Surviving to Thriving
WORKSHOPS:
- Professional Capabilities Framework – consultation/discussion with practice educators about the place of practice education/educators in the career level framework – feedback to be used to help develop the PCF on behalf of the Social Work Reform Board – Trish Kearney (SCIE)
- Is social work education life changing? A workshop that explores the impact of social work education on the person themselves – Mel Hughes
- Emotional impact of working with students with difficulties (Practice Educator perspective) – Gill Brown, Joanna Collis and Lindsey Shakoori
- Private, Voluntary and Independent Sector Placements: Gold or Dross? – Jo Tulloch
- Helping Students to Develop Critical Thinking Skills – Dr Neil Thompson (Independent trainer, consultant and author)
- Protecting and Developing the Emotional Resilience of Trainee and Newly Qualified Social Workers – Louise Grant
2010 NOPT Conference
Keynote Speakers:
- Bridget Robb (BASW) – Implications of the SWTF Report and the Social Work Reform Board
- Cheryl Wall (Joint Social Work Unit/GSCC) – National Developments in Practice Education
- Ravi Kohli (Professor of Child Welfare, University of Bedfordshire) – Links between refugee experiences and the student experience of placement
- Siobhan Maclean (Independent Practice Learning Consultant and Honorary Secretary of IFSW, Europe) – Social Work and Practice Education: What can we learn from the International context?
Workshops:
- John Wainwright – Black and minority ethnic students’ practice learning experiences:Twenty years on – What has changed?
- Lynne Rutter – Helping students with reflective analytical writing
- Ann Daniel and June Sadd – Service User involvement in assessment
- Alison Paris – Developing an Integrated Practice Education Programme
- Dr Jo Finch – ” I actually felt it was my failing…” Why Practice Assessors
- Do Not Fail Students in Practice Learning Settings