Resources

Resources

Events

New Town Culture and System Change

Creative Practitioner Training

Creative Social Work MA module

Thinking outside of the box

Think differently about Direct Practice

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Monotone Social Work?

New 2022 opportunities in Children's Care and Support in Barking and Dagenham

Improving How We Collaborate

Artist Talk: 26th October 2021, Carole Wright (Blak Outside), with Harun Morrison (They Are Here)

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Workshop: Questions of Culture and Identity in Children’s Care and Support Services

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Discussion event: Hopeful Disruption in Social Care and Art

Evidence

Radically Imagining Our City - Questions to ask as we steward in creative collaboration

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Article: Art and culture in social care practice

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Article: Promoting Cultural Exchange between Artists and Children’s Workers

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Pamphlet: New Town Culture: Our Approach

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Report: The New Town Culture Programme 2018-2020: Art, Creativity and Care

Podcasts

Podcast: Identity and Culture in Social Work (What is Culture?)

Podcast: Celebrations and Ceremonies (Making Moments Matter)

Podcast: Radical Hospitality (Making it Easier to Engage)

Podcast: Hopeful Disruption (Positive Risk Taking in Social Work)

Tools

A tool to explore important life transitions

A tool to help people feel grounded in times of change

A tool to mark important life moments

A guide to using creative places for direct work

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Group Reflective Practice: Intervision

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Training to support creative approaches to direct work, life journey work, to hear lived experience and celebrate intersectional identity

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A direct work tool using creative writing

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A digital tool for direct work to capture memories and stories

A creative tool for exploring identity in direct work

A tool for making assessments and plans using creative approaches

A creative self-care tool for practitioners