Developing professional curiosity in adult social care
Understand and apply the knowledge and skills needed for working in a curious way and gain more from interactions with people.
Support practitioners to build the skills and knowledge to embed professional curiosity as a central component of their practice. Participants will examine the importance of professional curiosity in adult social care practice and explore learning from situations where professional curiosity has not always been evident.
Participants will also be provided with different tools, practices and skills to support professionally curious practice.
Designed for
Social care practitioners working directly with adults.
Learning outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop participants will be able to:
- Describe professional curiosity and outline what it looks like in practice.
- Explain why professional curiosity is a central component of effective adult social care practice.
- Understand and apply the knowledge and skills that are needed for working in a curious way.
- Explore learning from situations where professional curiosity has not always been.
- Plan how to better integrate professional curiosity into practice.
Booking information
This is a full day interactive session delivered via Microsoft Teams and you are encouraged to contribute with the aid of break-out rooms, the chat function and large group discussions. Participants will benefit from having a quiet space to work without interruption. Slides will be sent out after the session.
Research in Practice members can use their membership allocation to book this workshop. Link Officers can use the booking request form to book this workshop. Please only use this form if you are authorised to choose your organisation's membership allocation.
Once your booking is received, our learning team will work with you to confirm a delivery date and provide relevant information.
The deadline for booking this year’s online workshops is Friday 4 October 2024.
Organisations that are not Research in Practice Partners can commission this workshop individually by contacting: learning@researchinpractice.org.uk.
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