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| Thank you to a loyal servant - Steve Lyall |
 Earlier this month Kate and James had lunch with Steve to celebrate 7 years of continued service through SocialWork 2000. Steve began his first placement with us in March 2002 which almost makes him our longest serving locum. During this time Steve has clocked up over 10,000 hours serving clients in Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Steve brings a level of calm and common sense to Social Work and has always been a pleasure to work with. Steve, we wish you every success in your permanent role and thank you for your contribution to our organisation. We feel very proud to have had you representing us. |
| Forthcoming SocialWork 2000 Training Events |
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SocialWork 2000 are pleased to announce details of our planned training events for the rest of 2009 - put the dates in you diary and book now to ensure your place on the course.
In the past all training events have been in Milton Keynes; this year we will be holding some in the south Buckinghamshire area to make them more accessible for our locums working in the south of our region.
| Date |
Length |
Training |
Location |
| 2 June |
Morning |
Undertaking Direct work with Families |
High Wycombe area |
| 9 July |
Full day |
Mental Capacity Act and Decision Making |
Milton Keynes |
| 8 Sept |
Morning |
Child Development and Impact on Behaviours |
High Wycombe area |
| 3 Nov
| Morning
| Listening and Communicating with Children
| Milton Keynes
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We charge:
£40.25 (inc VAT) for placed locums and £51.75 (inc VAT) for everyone else for ½ day training.
£69 (inc VAT) for placed locums and £86.25 (inc VAT) for everyone else for Full day training.
Mags Walker is responsible for organising courses. Please email Mags to let her know if you have any good ideas regarding training opportunities.
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| One minute in the life of Steve Lyall... |
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 Welcome to a new feature in the SW2k newsletter telling us a little bit more about the locums who work for us. Please email Vicki if you would like to be featured.
What 3 items would you take with you to a desert island? A decent knife, a kayak (with paddles) and Penny (my wife)
If you could choose a superpower what would it be? The power to make people live happily together.
Where is your favourite place to eat? Home (I like to cook) followed by Dolce Vita, a wonderful Italian restaurant just outside of Bridlington, Yorkshire.
What is your favourite film? The lives of others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
Are you a cat or a dog person? Dog (at present time, but she is pushing her luck some days)
Do you eat cold cereal at night? No
Kill the spider or let it out? Always let it out.
If you could be someone else for a day who would you be? My 4 month old grandson who is very much loved, can feed and sleep whenever he wants, and be doubly incontinent without a care.
Where is your favourite place? I am still looking - it is said that one of the routes to happiness is to go at least once per year to a place you have never visited before (“Good Karma” - advice for life by the Dalai Lama)
What do you do on Friday nights? Practice tai-chi
Performing arts, fine art or sports? Performing arts take priority.
What makes you laugh? Happy people
What makes you cry? Sad people
Are you an indoor or an outdoor person? Outdoor.
Describe yourself in 3 words? Happy, bald and optimistic
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| Looked-after children report |
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Community Care Live is the largest free event in the social care calendar. The conference programme of unique workshops and seminars featuring high profile speakers attracts a high volume of delegates from all client groups and sectors.
This report was produced by the Children Schools and Families Committee and published on 20th April.Click here to