Exploring Readiness: Local Learning Partnerships

Who should attend?

This session is open to anyone with an interest in social work education - including colleagues from universities, local authorities, and the third sector. Whether you're new to partnership working or already involved, this session offers a space to connect, reflect,share learning and ideasand explore opportunities together.

About the session:

Local Learning Partnerships (LLPs) are locally-led collaborations between social work employers and education providers. They aim to improve access to high-quality learning and development for students and qualified social workers, and to strengthen the connection between education and practice.

This session will introduce the LLP model and support attendees to reflect on their local readiness. We’ll explore the five core components of the model, share a practical self-evaluation tool, and discuss how a test-and-learn approach can help areas build on existing strengths. The same information will be provided in this session as in the first session on November 27th.

What we’ll cover:

During the session, we’ll explore the following topics:

● The purpose and structure of LLPs

● The five core components of the model

● How to use the Readiness Self-evaluation Tool

●A strengths-based approachto explore and test ideas

● Group discussion on local readiness, opportunities, and support needs

● Next steps and available support

Recording: We intend to transcribe the session to help us capture and share key reflections after the session. At the start of the session, we will inform all participants of our intention to transcribe, if you have any concerns or objections to transcription please feel free to email us at Dillon.Conlan@gov.scot or you can raise them at the start of the session . Any reflections gathered will be stored and used solely for informing the development of the Local Learning Partnerships project.

We will send a general information pack and readiness pack for attendees to read and an invite through microsoft teams to attend the session closer to the date.

If the event is full, please join the waiting list, spaces may become available closer to the dates.

Any questions about the session. please do get in touch by emailing us at Dillon.Conlan@gov.scot.