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An invitation to becomea partner in our trainingprogramme for mentalhealth social workers
Kazim, 2016 participantStudied psychology at Nottinghamand law at Birmingham, and worked in an NHS secure unit.
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Why partner with Think Ahead?
Aisha, 2016 participantStudied English Literature at QueenMary London. Left HR in the privatesector to “do something meaningful”.
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n Boost the capacity andcapability of your workforce.
n Join a network at the forefront of the sector.
n Get support worth at least £40k.
Why partner with Think Ahead?
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Why partner with Think Ahead?
Boost the capacity and capability of your workforce
Receive brilliant new mental health social workersThink Ahead’s participants are:
n Highly talented. All entrants have a 2:1 degree, and ourselection process involves professionals and service users to test for the seven keyattributes needed for excellent social work.
n Expertly trained. The Think Ahead curriculum was developedby internationallyrenowned academics atthe University of York.
n Outcomefocused. Our training concentrates on evidencebased social interventions, at the individual,family, and community level, which can beput to use straight away. Our participantsuse routine outcome scales.
Retain and upskill your current staff
We selected our 96 participantsfrom over 2,300 applicants in 2015.
The University of York is ranked #1in the UK for social work research.
Our training includes:
Motivational interviewingSolutionfocused therapyFamily Group ConferencingConnecting People
Our free training confers:n Practice Educator Stages 1 and 2n Postgraduate Certificate in
Advanced Social Work
Each unit of four trainees is led by a ConsultantSocial Worker. This yearlong role is a careerdevelopment opportunity for your mosttalented frontline staff.
All Consultant Social Workers get freeaccredited training in the social interventionstaught by Think Ahead.
It’s a chance to progress mycareer while staying withinELFT and the Hackneycommunity.
Malgosia Eaden, ConsultantSocial Worker at East LondonNHS Foundation Trust.
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Why partner with Think Ahead?
Join a network at the forefront of the sector
Together, we aim to attract outstanding people into the profession, pioneerbetter training, and realise the potential of social interventions.
By joining us you can:
Connect with leaders in the field Share best practice
Current lead partners
Strengthen partnerships Be recognised as an innovator
Think Ahead has been highlighted by:
n Politicians of all parties.n BBC TV, radio, and online.n The Times.n The Guardian.n The Independent.n The Evening Standard.
n East London NHS Foundation Trust n South West London & St George’s Mental Health
NHS Trustn NELFT NHS Foundation Trust n Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust n Enfield Counciln London Borough of Barnetn North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust n Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation
Trust
n Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust n Cambridgeshire County Council n Northamptonshire County Council n Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trustn Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trustn City of Wolverhampton Counciln Bradford Metropolitan District Counciln Durham County Council
We’re proud partners of Think Ahead.
Claire Murdoch NHS National Mental HealthDirector and Chief Executive ofCentral and North West LondonNHS Foundation Trust
Hosting a Think Ahead unit togetheris helping workforce planning, inpartnership with our NHS Trust, andrebalancing perspectives in servicedelivery. It’s been a highly positiveexperience that has reenergisedstaff within County Durham.
Tracy JoisceStrategic Manager – Operations,Durham County Council
Being part of Think Ahead hashelped us to incorporate great ideasfrom across the country into howwe train and support our socialworkers to deliver best practice.
Dr Jane ShearsHead of Social Work, St Andrew’sHealthcare
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Why partner with Think Ahead?
Get support worth at least £40k
For each unit of four Think Ahead participants –
In their first year, you get:We don’t charge any fees for our highlyeffective recruitment campaign, so you getfour brilliant recruits without advertising.
We don’t charge for the 12day trainingcourse we give your Consultant SocialWorker, which results in an accreditedqualification from the University of York.
We give you £32k towards any practicalcosts and staff time necessary to host the unit.
The participants are qualified social workersand can be deployed individually into anymental health team.
£4kSaving on advertising
£4kFree training
£32kPayment from us
4 FTEsFill four fulltime vacancies
The only cost to you is releasing a staff member fulltime in the first year, to lead the unitas its Consultant Social Worker. (The unit can take on some cases through the year, butnot as many or as complex as a qualified social worker would hold.)
In their second year, you get:
How does the programme work?
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Laura, 2016 participantStudied English and Education atCambridge. Worked in the NHS as asonographer and in a mental health team.
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How does the programme work?
Summer InstituteThe whole Think Ahead cohorttogether undergoes an intensiveresidential learning experience forsix weeks in July and August 2017.
Teaching is delivered by expert academics, practitioners,and service users, and focuses on preparation for entering the workplace.
You offer further employmentYour participants will finish the programme experienced,qualified, and at home in your organisation.
If you offer them further employment they will be wellplaced to train as AMHPs and Best Interests Assessors,and in time some may progress to management roles.
You choose to part waysYou are under no obligation to employany participant after Year Two ends.
Year OneIn September 2017, yourparticipants join yourcommunity mental healthservice, where they learn onthejob in units of fourparticipants each led by aConsultant Social Worker. Theyare supported by a trainingbursary from Think Ahead.
At the end of the year they gain a postgraduate diploma in social work, making themeligible to apply for HCPCregistration as qualified social workers.
Year TwoFrom September 2018, youemploy your nowqualifiedparticipants on a 12monthcontract, and can place themindividually into any of yourmental health teams.
During this year, the participantscomplete a master’s degree insocial work alongside theirAssessed and Supported Year in Employment.
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Summer InstituteDuring this sixweek residential experience,the participants learn about the legal andpolicy framework, the range of mental healthproblems and social issues, and how multidisciplinary services operate. They practisecore skills, such as communication, problemsolving, and selfreflection, and begin to learnsocial interventions.
The teaching is delivered by expert academics,service users, and professionals from a rangeof disciplines and services. The participantsare assessed regularly, and must pass areadinessforpractice assessment to progressto Year One.
Year OneYou receive your participants in September2017, when they begin a year of practicebased learning. Over the year they spend 200days onthejob, away from the workplaceonly for 24 teaching days in addition toweekends and a 24day leave allowance. Theyare paid a training bursary by Think Ahead.
The participants work together in units of four,each led by a Consultant Social Worker whoworks with them fulltime.
Each unit works on cases in an adultcommunity mental health setting within your organisation. The Consultant SocialWorker is accountable for the unit’s caseload.
Initially their caseload is smaller than theConsultant Social Worker would handle alone,and consists of less complex cases. As theylearn, their caseload grows and can includethe full range of cases.
During the year, each participant spends 170days working in the unit, and 30 days on aContrasting Learning Experience in a servicewhich works with children and families.
In addition to the teaching days, participantsmeet with Academic Tutors in the workplaceevery two weeks. At the end of the year theygain a postgraduate diploma in social workfrom the University of York, making themeligible to apply to the HCPC for registration as qualified social workers.
Year TwoIn Year Two, you employ the participants on12month contracts. They no longer work in a unit: you can place them individually intovacancies in any of your mental health teams.
They work fulltime with the exception ofeight teaching days, and the fortnightlymeetings with their Academic Tutors continue.As for any newlyqualified social worker thisyear forms their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment, which is managed byyour service.
They study independently through the yearand gain a master’s degree in social work fromthe University of York.
After the programmeYour participants will finish the programmeexperienced, qualified, and at home in yourorganisation.
We hope that you will choose to offer themfurther employment, but you are under noobligation to do so.
They will be wellplaced to train as AMHPs andBest Interests Assessors, and in time somemay progress to management roles.
How does the programme work?
What do partners have to provide?
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Declan, 2016 participantStudied human geography at Durham,and volunteered at a dropin centre forasylumseekers and refugees.
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What do partners have to provide?
To partner with us, we’ll ask you to:
Commit to the full duration of the twoyearprogrammeFor the 2017 cohort, that’s from September2017 to September 2019.
Provide participants with the right learningenvironment in Year OneEach unit needs to sit within an integratedcommunity mental health service, locatedtogether and provided with normal workingfacilities. The Consultant Social Worker mustbe able to determine the cases given to theunit to ensure the right mix.
You will also be asked to arrange the 30dayContrasting Learning Experience for eachparticipant. This must involve direct work withchildren and families, in a children and familyservice, a Child and Adolescent Mental HealthService, or a thirdsector provider.
Recruit and release a staff member to fill each Consultant Social Worker role in Year OneEach unit must be led by a highlyexperiencedmental health social worker. This ConsultantSocial Worker role is fulltime throughout YearOne, and is usually filled by seconding one ofyour existing social workers into the positionon a fixedterm basis.
You will be asked to take responsibility forrecruiting your Consultant Social Worker(s),with direct support from our team. They willneed to be released from their current role forsix days of training in Spring 2017 before theymove fulltime to the new role in September.
If they need to spend some time on AMHP or Best Interests Assessor duty to retain theirstatus, we will work with you to use this as a learning opportunity for their participants.
Work with partners who share our passionWe will ask you to ensure that your localpartners do what is necessary to make theprogramme work in your area. For example,NHS Trusts and Local Authorities will need to work together on providing the right multidisciplinary learning environment.
We will also want to get to know your partners to make sure that they, like you, arecommitted to realising the impact of socialapproaches in mental health.
Employ participants in appropriate settings in Year TwoYou can place YearTwo participants whereyour need is greatest, but their role must be in a mental health team. Their contract withyou should be fulltime for 12 months, with the usual salary for a newlyqualifiedsocial worker.
You will be asked to manage their Assessedand Supported Year in Employment, includingensuring an appropriate caseload.
Support participants to study alongside their workThey need to attend 24 teaching days awayfrom your service in Year One, and eight inYear Two. They will also have fortnightly shortmeetings in the workplace with theirAcademic Tutor.
What support do partners get?
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Jack, 2016 participantStudied history at Warwick, and workedas a carer for his disabled cousin.
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What support do partners get?
In addition to the £40k of benefits per unit, you will getsupport from our team throughout the partnership.
We will:
n Help you prepare to welcome your participants –including planning how to integrate them into your service.
n Support you to involve your local partner organisationsin delivering the programme.
n Work alongside you to select your Consultant Social Worker(s).
n Assign you a named Practice Specialist: a highlyexperienced social worker who will meet with each ofyour Consultant Social Workers regularly before andduring the programme, to coach and support them.
When does all this happen?
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Sonya, 2016 participantStudied psychology and neuroscience atManchester. Worked at the Royal Collegeof Psychiatry, and volunteered at ahealthcare clinic.
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When does all this happen?
Nown Feel free to get in touch with us to talk about
partnering.
November 2016 n You confirm that you wish to partner with us.
January 2017n We sign a partnership agreement with you.n We work together to recruit your Consultant
Social Worker(s).
March 2017n Your Consultant Social Worker(s) are appointed.n We tell you about the individual participants who will
be joining you.
April 2017n Your Consultant Social Worker(s) do their pre
programme training.
September 2017n Your participants arrive to start their onthejob
learning with you.
Contact Kate O’Regan (Programme Director) on:k.o’[email protected] 7470 6169
The Think Ahead Organisation is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.Charity number: 1166577. Company number: 10015893.
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Interested?We’d love to talk to you.
