Deadline: 2-Jun-23
The Social Worker of the Year awards are open to qualified social workers (must be registered with Social Work England) and teams working in England.
The Awards ceremony for the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2023 will be held in November 2023.
Each Gold Award winner will receive a celebratory trophy and certificate. Finalists will receive a certificate and may describe themselves as such for the category in their corporate literature. They may not claim that their products or services are endorsed by Social Work Awards Ltd.
Categories
- Children’s Social Worker of the Year
- Adult Social Worker of the Year
- Newly Qualified Children’s Social Worker of the Year
- Newly Qualified Adult Social Worker of the Year
- Team of the Year, Children’s Services (including MDTs)
- Team of the Year, Adult Services (including MDTs)
- Team Leader of the Year, Children’s Services
- Team Leader of the Year, Adult Services
- Mental Health Social Worker of the Year
- Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) of the Year
- Social Justice Advocate Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Student Social Worker of the Year
- Practice Educator of the Year
- Supporting Children in Education Award
- Digital Transformation in Social Work Award
- Supportive Social Work Employer Award
- University Social Work Lecturer of the Year
- Overall Social Worker of the Year
Criteria
- The awards are open to social work students, independent practitioners, teams, organisations and direct employers operating in the public, private or voluntary sectors.
- All nominees must be registered with Social Work England unless otherwise stated.
- Submissions will only be accepted for the specified categories.
- Nomination is free of charge.
- Nominees must be willing for their name and image to be used for publicity purposes.
- All submitted entries will remain confidential and the property of Social Work Awards Ltd in line with data protection and current GDPR guidelines.
- Upon submission of entry, nominees agree that Social Work Awards Ltd may use information provided in the entry form for press purposes and published case studies. No confidential information will be shared or disclosed.
- The promoters are Social Work Awards Ltd and individual award categories are sponsored by organisations associated with the social work sector.
- No purchase or contractual relationship with the promoter (i.e. attendance at the awards ceremony) is necessary for eligibility to nominate or be nominated.
- No liability arising from nominating or being nominated for the Social Work Awards shall pertain to the promoters.
- Any nominee subject to complaints, investigations or disciplinary action (past or present) (by employer or Social Work England) shall be declared upon application to the awards. This will not necessarily mean disqualification, but will be taken on an individual case and is at the discretion of Social Work Awards Ltd and the partners.
- A nominator, whose nominee becomes subject to complaints, investigations or disciplinary action (by employer or the Social Work England) following a nomination submission and leading up to the awards ceremony, will notify Social Work Awards Ltd immediately.
- Social Work Awards Ltd and the independent judging panel reserve the right to make decisions relating to any changes at any time to the Social Work Awards process.
Nomination Process
- All entrants must be registered with Social Work England unless otherwise stated. Team entries must include a lead entrant who is registered with Social Work England.
- Nominees may enter themselves into individual categories or they may be nominated by a third party who must include the nominee’s contact details.
- Nominations will only be accepted if submitted through the official online entry portal.
- A separate nomination must be completed for each category entered.
- The nomination form must be endorsed by a member of senior managemen or other relevant professional to indicate acceptance of these rules. Contact details for each endorser must be included in the nomination form.
- The Social Work Awards Ltd reserves the right to contact endorsers in any submitted entry to verify nominations are truthful and factually correct.
- Incomplete applications may be excluded from the final selection process.
- Category sponsors may not make a nomination into the category of which they are the sponsor.
For more information, visit Social Work of the Year Awards.
