Facilitators can be team managers, advanced practitioners, workforce development leads or other suitable people. You can either choose the toolkit to be completed by your team or group (a group might be, for example, that years’ intake of ASYE social workers), or consult with your team to agree one. Alternatively, there might be an organisational learning need with a wider directive for all teams to complete a specific toolkit/s. Some toolkits are specific to children and families social work, some are written for adult or mental health social care. Many contain case studies relevant to all.

Each toolkit is themed, research-informed and comprised of two learning activities:

1. An online module that should be completed on an individual basis (offering new knowledge and preliminary thinking);
2. A complex case study (a tool for understanding and application of new knowledge) to be completed in group supervision (a space for reflection).

Share the log in details with your team setting the time period by which social workers should complete the online learning. Completion of the online learning will take 60-90 minutes. This means that the time demand is not too great and it can be fitted into the working day, or it can be completed in chunks if preferred. 

At the same time, we advise that you (the facilitator) set a date for the peer reflective discussion. The peer reflection should take a minimum of 1 hour. Each toolkit has a Facilitator Guidance document that has some questions and prompts to enable critical discussion. These are designed for you to use so that you do not need to spend lots of time preparing for the case study discussion. You can find these below.

Give them time at the end of the case study discussion to complete the SWOTT surveys (powerpoint slides with QR codes are on the right of this page). They can choose to have their responses sent to them to use for their CPD reflections. Do build in time at the end of the case study discussion to enable all participants to write their reflections and update their CPD portfolio. Each SWOTT toolkit integrates two opportunities for CPD reflections about the online learning and case study discussion.

As the facilitator, you have a further opportunity for evidencing CPD activity by reflecting on the process of facilitating the completion of the toolkit by their team. You could reflect upon the following:

• The barriers and facilitators to team engagement with CPD activity;
• Group dynamics and functioning;
• Skills used and skills needed to facilitate group discussion.

Good luck and we hope that your team enjoys completing the SWOTT toolkit of your choosing.

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