Greater Manchester Social Work Academy (GMSWA)

The Greater Manchester Social Work Academy is a Teaching Partnership, where we aim to work collaboratively to equip social workers at all stages of their career with the tools and experience they need to give the best service to the people of Greater Manchester

What is a Teaching Partnership?

The GMSWA is a teaching partnership for social work, which involves collaboration between partner organisations, where together they develop and deliver curriculum’s, informed by social work practice to benefit and address the needs social workers and students.

Who are the partner organisations?

In our partnership we work with our Ten Local Authorities across Greater Manchester, these include; Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Our partnership has Four Universities whom we collaborative with which are; University of Bolton, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester and University of Salford. The partnership benefits from having a Public Involvement Board, having members who have lived experience of social work and social care, whom we collaborative and consult with on aspects of teaching and practice.

How do we collaborate?

The structure of GMSWA consists of four main work streams which include:

Governance Committee

Practice Learning Work stream

Workforce

Practice Research Hubs

Public Involvement Board

To find out more about the people involved and work activity in these groups please click on the tabs above

For any information, email the project manager - Janine.mcloughlin@bolton.gov.uk