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Motivational Social Work in Powys

Motivational Social Work in Powys

ignition has delivered the first of three training events in Motivational Interviewing: Strength-based working for Change with Families to social work staff in Powys. This longer training follows the company's delivery of a brief input on MI and enhancing risk assessment.

100 of the participants rated themselves as as 'Satisfied' or 'Very Satisfied' with the training, self-rating an average 64% improvement in understanding of MI and  50% improvement in skill, after the training. 

Dr Mark Farrall said: "Social Care has only in the last few years realised the potential of MI for social work practice, since the Monro Review; as one of our newly qualified social worker trainees elsewhere said, they left University feeling 'theory-heavy and skills-light' and MI provides a concrete way of how to actually 'do' social work."