The Academy of Social Work Plymouth has the following aspirations
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To provide and maintain a consistent focus for excellence through the recruitment & retention of staff, recognising that best practice requires the best practitioners.
- To facilitate an exceptional training and career development offer for those who choose to work with us and who wish to embrace our aspirations.
- To put social work education and personal development at the heart of achieving positive change for children and families.
- To be a centre of professional excellence for social work education and post qualification standards both locally and nationally.
- To develop and foster existing partnerships with a range of Universities, where high standards, innovation and better outcomes for children are paramount.
- To participate in nationally significant initiatives to improve understanding of and standards of social work practice.
- To match our aspirations with accessible offers and resources for staff and students.
In all of our aspirations we aim to create opportunities for the participation of young people, to help shape and evaluate our practice and systems.
We believe that the realisation of our aspirations is starting to make a real difference to the quality of social work practice and to the associated positive outcomes for children and families in the city.