Letter Of Thanks From Chief Social Worker

Oct, 1 2014

Dear Russell,

I am writing to you to ask you to pass on a personal message to the Creative Communities Group UK.

In this new role as Chief Social Worker, one of the very important things I am contributing towards, is improving the quality of qualifying social workers. Preparing the social workers of tomorrow to practice at the highest level is vitally important in ensuring they are working alongside people who use services and their carers to support them to achieve the lives they want for themselves. The contribution your community group makes in putting service user involvement at the heart of educating and training social workers is resulting in students making a step change in understanding and applying person centred and user led collaborative approaches to improving experiences of health and social care and improving outcomes. Equally important, involvement in this work ensures that the assets and strengths of service users make a significant contribution to improving social work education. Also, it results in positive changes for people like yourselves with improved confidence and self esteem resulting from volunteering and engagement work.

Social work is very privileged to benefit so positively from your lived experiences and I want to express my gratitude and thanks for all that you are doing. I wish the Creative Communities Group UK continued success in the future.

Very best wishes

Lyn Romeo

Chief Social Worker for Adults