NOPT has now distributed all the available resources from our conference. We hope everyone who attended has access. These will also be available on our website.

Great point from Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP: "Initial education does not claim or have a remit to prepare newly qualified social workers to be “thrown into the deep end” of what should be regarded as highly specialised practice". communitycare.co.uk/2024/09/04/not…

The NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship Scheme is now inviting applications! This is your chance to pursue a fully funded PhD while continuing your work in a local authority setting. Open to staff and charities working with Local Authorities. Apply👇 nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-d…

Read the final bumper issue of our Social Work & Social Care Research Briefing below @AidanWorsley Julie mugarza #BePartofResearch drive.google.com/file/d/1Xv1od3…

We are recruiting for a Lecturer Practitioner in Social Work at ARU Peterborough. Are you Interested? Please consider applying or contact me directly. jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/lectur…

‘Burnout is real’: Rare access to the frontline of children’s social services, as Daniel Hewitt reports itv.com/news/2024-12-0…

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NOPT are hosting a live webinar discussing supporting students with linking theory to practice. We have over 180 people on the teams call which is fantastic. Our next webinar is on the 1st April and our annual conference on the 10th June at the University of Huddersfield.

Tickets for our annual conference go on sale tomorrow! Please look out for the post with details on how to book!

NOPT Annual Conference Promoting Wellbeing: Supporting Students and Practice Educators Date: 10th June 2025 Time: 9:30 – 16:30 Venue: University of Huddersfield Book Here! 📷 eventbrite.co.uk/e/nopt-annual-… Tickets £125 plus booking fee

NOPT will be making a response to SWE on the current considerations and proposals to amend annual registration payments. NOPT encourage all of our members to also make a response.

World Social Work Day. A huge thank you to all the practice educators who work to support social work students of the future, mentor colleagues and ASYEs. We see you all.

NOPTs 2025 annual conference was a huge success! Thank you to all our speakers, hosts, and delegates for your support, passion, and insightful discussions around practice education today.

Proud to be a Judge for the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025 😊

NOPT have now loaded all the conference resources onto our website. Please do make sure you have a look under resources on our website nopt.co.uk

A great article from the University Of Huddersfield about our NOPT conference we hosted with them. hud.ac.uk/news/2025/june…