What difference can a social worker make to an older person’s life?

This session will share the experiences of a group of experts by experience, researchers and social workers who are researching what social workers do in practice to support older people.

The session will explore the value of social work practice to older people and carers, the barriers and enablers, and the potential and actual impact social workers have on the lives of elderly people.

Learning from the research project will highlight the importance of good social work in later life and how social workers are able to keep older people at the centre of social work practice.

Presenters

• members of the 'Social Work for Older People Research’ project which is jointly led by Birmingham and Bristol Universities and is funded by the School for Social Care Research

• Graham Price - Expert Advisory Group

• Gerry Nosowska - Expert Advisory Group facilitator

• Phoebe Beedell – Researcher

• Laura Noszlopy - Researcher

• Sonia Clark – Expert Advisory Group