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National Assessment & Accreditation System (NAAS) for Child and Family Social Workers

NAAS is a voluntary assessment and benchmarking system that encourages the embedding of knowledge and skills statements (KSS) in social work practice. It provides benefits to vulnerable children and families, social workers, and employers.

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National Assessment & Accreditation System (NAAS) for Child and Family Social Workers

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  1. National Assessment & Accreditation System (NAAS) for Child and Family Social Workers NAAS Explained V1: June 2019

  2. What is NAAS? NAAS is a voluntary assessment and benchmark of good practice against the knowledge and skills statements (KSS). It is a tool to: encourage employers to embed the KSS as the post qualifying standards and improve their continued professional development (CPD) offer enhance the expertise and knowledge of social workers

  3. What are the benefits of NAAS? Provides more vulnerable children and families access to expert, high quality support and protection. Allows social workers to demonstrate expertise against the KSS, develop their career and remain at the forefront of best practice. Enables employers to embed the KSS, provide targeted training and grow workforce capability. Delivers a national benchmark of good practice for child and family social workers.

  4. How is NAAS being rolled out? • The Department for Education (DfE) is working with local authorities (LAs) and children’s trusts to introduce NAAS with a phased approach. • Phase 1 has been taking place since July 2018 and learning has informed the roll out of phase 2. • We are one of 56 LAs invited to be an early adopter. • Assessment centres are being run in a number of LA areas. • National roll out is expected from 2020 and we expect NAAS to be available to all child and family social workers.

  5. How can we influence NAAS? NAAS would not be where it is today without the input and feedback from the profession. By volunteering you will have the opportunity to: • Play a key role in evolving and developing the system • Take part in the independent research • Support development of assessment content to ensure that it’s appropriate for the profession • Provide user views on new software developments prior to implementation • Help to develop assessment centres that allow social workers to demonstrate their skills to the best of their ability

  6. Where are the NAAS sites? • North East: (3) • Durham • Darlington • Middlesbrough • Yorkshire and Humber: (9) • Barnsley • Bradford • Calderdale • Doncaster CT • Leeds • North East Lincolnshire • Nth Lincs • Nth Yorks • Rotherham • North West: (11) • Bolton • Bury • Lancashire • Manchester • Oldham • Rochdale • Salford • Stockport • Trafford • Warrington • Wigan • East Midlands: (3) • Lincolnshire • Nottinghamshire • Derby City • East: (3) • Central Beds • Essex • Southend • West Midlands -Future Social (14) • Birmingham • Coventry • Dudley • Herefordshire • Shropshire • Solihull • Staffordshire • Stoke • Telford and Wrekin • Walsall • Warwickshire • Wolverhampton • Worcestershire • Sandwell • London: ( 9) • Bexley • Hackney • Hammersmith and Fulham • Islington • Kensington and Chelsea • Lambeth • Lewisham • Waltham Forest • Westminster • South West: (2) • Cornwall • Plymouth • South East: (2) • Hampshire • West Berkshire

  7. Our[local authority] approach

  8. Your journey to accreditation Accreditation

  9. How can you be practice endorsed?

  10. Assessment centres • Assessment centres can accommodate nine or more social workers so you can sign up with colleagues. • Local centres are run in [add local details]. • The day runs with three groups of three starting at different times during the day (9.30am, 11.30am and 1.30pm). • Each group takes around four hours from start to finish which includes regular breaks.

  11. Assessment day All assessments follow the same pattern with centre staff on hand throughout to provide any support you need.

  12. How can I express an interest in NAAS?

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