Moving Social Work
Wed 18 Jun
|Microsoft Teams
Moving Social Work is an education programme designed to encourage social workers to speak about physical activity to disabled people and other groups. It is evidence-based and has been co-produced with multiple partners.
Time & Location
18 Jun 2025, 09:30 – 12:30
Microsoft Teams
About the Event
Open to all social work practitioners across Adult and Children's Services within the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership. Please see our Partner organisations below.
Training overview:
Moving Social Work is an education programme designed to encourage social workers to speak about physical activity to disabled people and other groups. It is evidence-based and has been co-produced with multiple partners. These include Social Work England, social workers, disabled people, Disability Rights UK, leaders in county councils and the NHS.
Moving Social Work is embedded in the Government Disability Strategy (2021).
Disabled people have told us that for them social workers are highly trusted professionals who they would like conversations with about physical activity. Social workers and leaders in organisations also agree that the profession can play a vital part in advocating physical activity. Why? Physical activity improves wellbeing and mental health. It is then one excellent way of upholding…