The Social Work England CPD Standard

Published: 07/09/2021

This video outlines the Social Work England professional standard relating to CPD, standard 4, which sets out what you need to do to maintain your registration.

Matthew Devlin, Regional Engagement Lead at Social Work England outlines their professional standard relating to continuing professional development (CPD) standard 4, which sets out what you need to do to maintain your registration.

Talking points

This video looks at:

  • How and why you should include feedback in your CPD.
  • Why you need to record the impact your CPD has had on your practice.
  • How the pandemic has affected standard 4.5 on creating an open and effective learning culture.
  • The importance of reflection to the CPD recording process.

Resources mentioned in this video

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Reflective questions

Here are reflective questions to stimulate conversation and support practice. 

  1. How can you start to record the impact of your CPD activities on your practice?
  2. How might you begin to record feedback on your CPD record?
  3. Has online working effected how you work with and learn from colleagues?

CPD recording, registration and regulation

All Research in Practice learning resources enable you to make evidence-informed decisions and support you to continue to develop in your role. Anyone with an account can easily keep an ongoing record of their CPD.