SHARE: What? Why? How?

We are delighted to invite you to the second of a new External Seminar Series. The Seminars are an opportunity for practitioners, students, members of the public, and academic staff to come together to listen to speakers and engage in discussion around a particular area of practice. These quarterly Seminars will be held from 4-6pm and refreshments will be served.

The Seminar will explore the what, why and how of “SHARE”, a new model of social work, developed by Siobhan Maclean, Jo Finch and Prospera Tedam in 2018. The SHARE model can be used in all social work settings, as well as practice education. The SHARE model is theory based and encourages practitioners to develop a highly critical and reflective approach in all areas of social work practice. The Seminar will be interactive, and participants will have the opportunity to explore how the model could be used in their own practice. The Seminar therefore will have relevance for social workers, social work students and practice educators/supervisors.

The event is free.

About the Speakers:

Dr Jo Finch
Jo Finch is Reader in Social Work & Deputy Director of the Centre of Social Work Research at the University of East London. Formerly a social worker in children and families and a play therapist, Jo has been a social work educator for over 16 years, and has led a number of qualifying programmes. Jo now leads a Professional Doctorate in Social Work. She is an associate member of staff at Sweden University. Jo has long-standing research interests in issues around suitability for social work practice and has published widely on the topic of failing students. Jo is the author of “Working with Struggling Students: A Practical Guide” published by Policy Press. Jo has also published on the issue of social work and countering violent extremism.

Siobhan Maclean
Siobhan Maclean has been a social worker for 28 years and became a practice educator in 1995. She has worked independently for a number of years. As an independent her work is varied but includes training, devising practice learning resources and consultancy work. Siobhan still very much enjoys working as a practice educator and currently works with a few students a year in an off-site capacity. Siobhan is committed to inter-professional learning and has delivered keynote presentations at a range of national conferences. She is committed to making the knowledge base accessible to busy practitioners and set up Kirwin Maclean Associates as an independent publishing organisation based on the values and ethics of social work.