Week in the life of a consultant social worker
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9am – 10am Check emails and hub activity this week. Check in with Practice Tutor on participant support plan. | 9am – 10am Respond to emails and plan participant supervisions. | 9am – 10am Attend online consultant social worker teaching day on critical approaches to parenting interventions. | 9am – 10am Write up feedback for reflective logs. | 9am – 10am Service case management meeting. |
| 10am – 1pm Hub meeting in person. Shahid and Louise presenting family dilemmas. | 10am – 11am Personal reflective supervision with Louise. | 10am – 4pm Teaching | 11am – 12pm Observe practice – shadow Reena on Ali family visit. | 10am – 11am Support Ben to plan a complex and possibly difficult phone conversation with the Fernandes family. Debrief afterwards. |
| 1pm – 2pm Lunch | 11am – 1pm Personal reflection supervision with Kyra, with direct observation feedback. Support Shahid with a Child in Need (CIN) meeting for the Begum family. | Teaching | 12pm – 1pm Lunch with hub | 11am – 12pm Review Shahid’s CIN minutes for the Begum family and give feedback. Catch up with Reena to debrief after visit with Smyth family. |
| 2pm – 3pm Statutory visit – observing practice of Ben on school visit with young person from the Fernandes family. | 1pm – 2pm Lunch | Teaching | 1pm – 2pm Supervision with team manager. | 12pm – 1pm Lunch |
| 3pm – 4pm Observe practice – shadow Kyra on Martin family home visit. | 2pm – 3pm Review parenting assessment written by Reena for the Ali family. | Teaching | 2pm – 3pm Support Louise to plan for first home visit to the Fields family. | 1pm – 3pm Join multi-agency meeting online with Kyra leading. |
| 4pm – 5pm Write up direct observation for Kyra. | 3pm – 4.30pm Personal reflective supervision with Reena, including parenting assessment feedback. | Teaching | 3pm – 4pm Observe practice – shadow and support Louise on first home visit to the Fields family. | 3pm – 4.30pm Calls and reply to emails and texts. |
| 5pm – 5.30pm Check emails. | 4pm – 5.30pm Check emails and visit write ups from yesterday, give feedback if required. | 4pm – 5.30pm Check emails and prepare for the next day. | 4pm – 5.30pm Debrief with Louise about Fields home visit and discuss next steps. Check emails. | 4.30pm – 5.30pm Plan next week’s hub meeting. |
| Evening Personal time. | Evening Teaching day prep. | Evening Personal time | Evening Gather documents for PEPS portfolio. | Evening Personal time. |