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Marie's key takeaways for our trainees:

“Please remember that every person you meet is an expert in their own life.

We're all experts through lived experience. Value that expertise. Be curious about it, learn from it and let it lead. Don't put people in boxes.”

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Summer Institute Roundup: Week 3 of 5! ✅

That’s a wrap on the residential week of the Summer Institute at Middlesex University.

We hope everyone on the cohort had a good week meeting their fellow social work trainees in person.

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📢 It’s Residential Week at this year’s Summer Institute!

We’re excited to meet and work with our new cohort for the first time in person at Middlesex University.

Stay tuned for highlights 👀

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🗣️ “My social worker went above and beyond the call of duty. I’m proud to have had his support over the years.”

Andrew shared with our social work trainees his experience of being an inpatient in a mental health ward and inspiring journey of recovery.

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Social work matters – our case for investment - Think Ahead Social work matters – but it’s continuously undervalued and overlooked by policy makers. This World Social Work Day we’re launching our Social Work Matters campaign to ensure that everyone with severe mental illness has access to a mental health social worker. We welcome the government’s commitment to investment in frontline roles but want to be sure […]

That’s why we are calling on the government to ensure everyone with a severe mental health condition has access to a mental health #SocialWorker.

Read why #SocialWorkMatters and our call to government for its upcoming NHS workforce plans: https://bit.ly/41YkIoS

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🚨 Don't miss your chance to train with us this year to become a mental health social worker!

• Registrations close THIS FRIDAY 24 March
• Registration takes 5 mins ⏰
• Once registered you’ll have until the end of Thu 4 April to complete full application

https://bit.ly/4c4x03Z
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You’re never on your own when you train with Think Ahead. Just ask Sanjiv. 💙

He spoke at one of our webinars about retraining as a #MentalHealth #SocialWorker and the “absolutely epic” support from his Consultant Social Worker whenever he needed it.

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Think Ahead: Apply your mind to mental health The Think Ahead programme is a new route into social work, for those remarkable enough to make a real difference to people with mental health problems.

ℹ️ The Think Ahead Programme is a 2-year, fully-paid training pathway into mental health social work, delivered in partnership with Middlesex University and several NHS trusts and local authorities across England.

Find out more at https://thinkahead.org
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👋 Meet Annie – a former family support worker, now trainee mental health social worker with us!

She has a degree in Childhood Studies and a Masters in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

💙 We know you’ll make a fantastic social worker, Annie - welcome to the profession!

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Hello Bluesky! 🦋

If you don't already know us, we're on a mission to build a thriving #MentaHealth workforce.

Through training, development and recruitment, we help deliver better services.

Our fully-funded #ThinkAheadProgramme is bringing more #SocialWorkers into mental health.

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Thinking of training with us but don’t have experience? Beks has tips!

Don’t worry if your degree isn’t to do with social work or mental health – think about your skills in relationship building, communication and volunteering or personal experience.

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Think Ahead: Apply your mind to mental health The Think Ahead programme is a new route into social work, for those remarkable enough to make a real difference to people with mental health problems.

💙 The #ThinkAheadProgramme is a fully paid, two-year training pathway into mental health social work, open to graduates and career changers.

Delivered in partnership with Middlesex University.

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