Summer Institute Roundup: Week 4/5! ✅. This week we’ve covered:. 🔵 Mental health diagnosis & treatment.🔵 Introducing the Children Act & children/family social work.🔵 Interviewing in different contexts. #ThinkAheadProgramme #SocialWorkTraining

📣🌟 Kickstart a career that helps people with #MentalHealth needs live fulfilling lives. We are working with Think Ahead to help people learn on the job, and gain a master’s degree via the #thinkaheadprogramme. Find out how it works here ➡️

📣 2025 Registrations for the #ThinkAheadProgramme are closing Tue 26 Nov!. Receiving over 90 registrations on average for every place, we close applications for a short period. We'll re-open in the new year with limited locations. Register now:

We’re on a mission to ensure the mental health workforce reflects the people it supports. Our next two online events explore why we need more neurodiverse and LGBTQ+ people in social work. 🗓️ Tue 12 & 26 Nov 5.30-6.30pm. 🔗 #ThinkAheadProgramme

💬 “Aim high, follow whatever it is you really want to do and don’t be afraid of failing” - sound advice for our new trainees from our Chair, @DameCarolBlack today. She spoke about her career, and why #MentalHealth social workers are so needed. #ThinkAheadProgramme

📣 Thinking about training with us? Join our October webinars to find out more. ⬇️. 🗓️ 16 Oct 5.30-6.30pm (Career changers).🗓️ 29 Oct 5.30-6.30pm (Recent graduates). Learn about a career in mental health social work via the #ThinkAheadProgramme. 🔗

Be the change you want to see – be like Beks 💪🏿. He’s a newly qualified social worker in his 2nd year of training, breaking barriers in the mental health workforce for Black and ethnically diverse communities. Read his story at #ThinkAheadProgramme

Summer Institute Roundup: Week 3/5 ✅. This week our trainees came together at @MiddlesexUni to:. 🔵 Learn how to set goals, make plans & review progress with people they’re supporting.🔵 Take part in assessed role plays testing social work skills. #ThinkAheadProgramme

Interested in a career in #mentalhealth #socialwork?. Think Ahead have a great opportunity to learn on the job via their #ThinkAheadProgramme. Find out more➡️

What’s it like working as a social worker in a local authority?. We asked Sanjiv, who joined the #ThinkAheadProgramme in 2023. 🗣️"Social justice had always been important to me, and wanted to return to helping people. That's what led me to Think Ahead.".

Summer Institute Roundup: Week 1! ✅. We’ve had a great first week with our 2024 trainees. 🔵Relationship-based practice.🔵Understanding mental health and wellbeing.🔵Becoming part of a profession with @SocialWorkEng .🔵Communication Skills. #ThinkAheadProgramme. @MiddlesexUni

Class of 2024!. We believe the #MentalHealth workforce should be representative of all genders, ethnicities, abilities and socioeconomic backgrounds. There’s still work to do – but we’re doing it together. 💙 🤝. 🔗 #ThinkAheadProgramme #SocialWork

We hear lots from our #SocialWork trainees about what it’s like to train with us, but what’s it like for the consultant social workers supervising them?. 🗣️ We asked Victoria Pickles at @CNTWNHS, Subrena Joseph at @wandbc and Jade Hibberd at @NHS_ELFT. 💬 . #ThinkAheadProgramme

@DurhamCouncil 💬 Lisa Robinson, Consultant Social Worker at @LPFTNHS, says she's proud to see how trainees working with her have "embedded themselves in the team.". ℹ️ The #ThinkAheadProgramme is a fully-paid, 2-year training pathway into mental health social work. 🔗

📣 Applications to train with us in 2025 are now OPEN! Join our mental health mission! ⬇️. Are you ready to start a career that changes lives?. Registration takes just five minutes:. ℹ️ The #ThinkAheadProgramme is in partnership with @MiddlesexUni.

Day 1 of our Year Two conference is done ✔ Thank you to the inspirational speakers - Dr King @BlackThrive and @relationalacts to name a few. Year 2 can be tough with the master's degree and full time role but the energy here felt strong today! #ThinkAheadProgramme @MiddlesexUni

Summer Institute Week 2!. 🔵 Introduction to law & social policy in social work.🔵 The Mental Health Act & The Care Act.🔵 Motivational interviewing.🔵 Anti-racist, anti-oppressive social work practice. 🗣️ Talks from @centreformh, @thencch and @SocialWorkEng.#ThinkAheadProgramme

Stay tuned on our channels as we share highlights from this year's Summer Institute sessions, along with special guest speakers from:. 🗣️ Our Lived Experience Partnership.🗣️ @SocialWorkEng.🗣️ @ChasingStigma.🗣️ @CentreforMH. #ThinkAheadProgramme #SocialWork.

🎉 We are 10! . 💙1,000 people have joined us to train as mental health social workers. 💙 Over 80% still working in mental health 3 yrs after qualifying. Thanks to @MiddlesexUni, @dhscgovuk, @NHSEngland & @damecarolblack. Read more: #ThinkAheadProgramme

@BASW_UK If you’re feeling inspired to kickstart a career in social work, join our two-year, fully-paid training programme, delivered in partnership with @MiddlesexUni. Applications for 2025 are open now!.Go to #ThinkAheadProgramme.3/3.