Improving and safeguarding social wellbeing: a strategy for social work 2012-2022. Governance system for stage 2 delivery

This paper sets out the broad framework of a governance system to support stage 2 delivery of Northern Ireland strategy for social work. The governance system for stage 2 aims to support frontline workers and service users to be more connected to and part of the Strategy’s drive to strengthen the effectiveness and impact of their practice in improving people’s social wellbeing in partnership with service users and carers. Governance arrangements should also support the aim of aligning and embedding strategy delivery into mainstream activity so that work to strengthen the impact and effectiveness of social work will become selfsustaining and an integral part of every social worker’s job and existing reporting and accountability arrangements.