News from Stronger Futures

A series of hybrid seminars delivered by local and external experts for adult and children's social care at Portsmouth City Council, celebrated the city's diverse community, and the practitioners who support them. To coincide with World Social Work Day 2024, Portsmouth's social care workforce came together to learn and network. Each seminar was themed around a topic which included anti-racist practice, centring queer voices and neurodiversity. Practitioners also had an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues across different services duri...

Every year, the social care profession comes together, to recognise practitioners, as part of World Social Work Day. This year's theme is ‘Buen Vivir: Shared Future for Transformative Change’. It reminds us of the transformative role social workers play in driving positive change, enabling their communities to thrive. Portsmouth leads the way in innovative approaches, with our own unique model of family practice. Someone who is familiar with this, is practitioner, Michelle Obiamo, a social worker who has been on her own transformative jour...

A 'celebration of social work' has been declared in Portsmouth to coincide with an international awareness day for the profession. World Social Work Day is celebrated every year, to recognise social care practitioners who support their communities in different ways. This year's theme focuses on the need for social workers to adopt innovative, community-led approaches to support adults and families. Councillor Suzy Horton, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education at Portsmouth City Council said: "Social care ...