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The five principles

Standard 8: Strategic partnerships

Strategic partnerships

The five principles for multi-agency collaboration in Working Together 2023 can be adapted for strategic partnerships between employers, educators, and training providers.

  • collaborate: social work employers and education and training providers develop a shared vision for working together to meet shared goals.
  • learn: leaders develop and use evidence from direct practice in their area to evaluate what is and is not working well for children and families
  • resource: leaders are ambitious about building social work professional development routes that will work effectively within their local communities and prioritise and allocate resources accordingly.
  • include: leaders create an inclusive culture where diversity is understood, diverse needs are supported, and discrimination is challenged.
  • mutual challenge: leaders hold each other and their teams accountable and are themselves held accountable by their teams for the quality of the practice education partnership working.

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The resources have been developed by Research in Practice in collaboration with DfE.
Published: 30 October 2024
Last updated: 04 November 2024