As a Social Worker, have you ever considered how you can support Disabled Adults to participate in physical activity?
Many Disabled People still face too many barriers to becoming more active. Research shows that Social Workers are actually extremely well placed to help break these barriers down, ensuring that Disabled Adults have the confidence, accessibility, guidance, and opportunities to live healthier, more active lives.
That’s the purpose of the Moving Social Work Programme – an initiative co-produced with Disabled Adults designed to equip Social Workers with the knowledge, skills, training and resources to help promote conversations about taking part in sport and other physical activity.
On today’s episode, we’re joined by three guests who have played an integral role in developing the Moving Social Work Programme. Amarjit Randhawa, a Qualified Social Worker and Manager of the Moving Social Work Programme at Disability Rights UK, Rachel Hill, member of the Disability Rights UK Co-Production Group and a Lived Experience Advisor across a number of organisations, and Cat Clements, Head of Disability at Sport England.
The discussion not only explores the programme and its production in detail, but also delves deeper into the challenges that Disabled Adults face and how Social Work Professionals can adopt the programme’s principles into their practice to make a positive difference in this area.
More information about Moving Social Work can be found here: https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/moving-social-work-ensuring-physical-activity-disabled-people-human-right
Our thanks to James Ede at Be Heard Productions for producing the episode.
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