REGISTRATION AND TRAINING
Andrea Goddard is a social worker in Kent County Council's children, families and education department. She qualified in July 2008.
Tell us a bit about your post-registration training and learning (PRTL)
When I joined Kent County Council I took part in a week-long induction course on council services and jargon busting. Meeting members of specific council teams in person and other newly qualified social workers from different departments was great for peer support. I felt like the luckiest social worker in Kent when I started, because the authority was participating in a one-year Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) pilot scheme to support newly qualified social workers. This provided me with a brilliant training structure.
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