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SOPHIE TERRILL:

The frameworks that I probably use more often than not as a newly qualified social worker to help me reflect on my practice, have been something I’ve learnt within the last year actually, within my assessed and supported year of practice and they draw on an approach called ‘Action Learning Sets’. It’s a type of group supervision, so it’s drawing on the people around you, but the one I particularly like is the sharing of a problem. It could be a case problem, it could be a balance – of a work–life balance – or something outside of your work and it prompts others to ask the what, when, how questions. You then have a period to reflect upon the things posed to you and you have to provide feedback, back.

So, the Action Learning Sets have been really helpful for me over the last year, especially as I’ve been faced by new experiences and challenges of moving from one service group to another. I also really like incorporating aspects of cognitive behavioural therapy into the approaches that I use in reflection. I find it really helpful in drawing on past experiences and considering how that will impact future decisions or how I might be reacting to a situation right now.