For local authorities
The Media Centre for Social Work provides a range of free services for local authorities. Contact us on 020 7024 7706/ 7741 if you work in a local authority press team and need:
- advice on managing media relations around an emerging social work news story in your locality
- advice on developing relationships with local media
Support to local authority press teams
The media centre offers free of charge media management support to local authorities dealing with news stories involving their social work teams. Contact the media team on 020 7024 7706/ 7741 for more information.
Strategy planning
The media centre provides specialist support for general media strategy planning for publicity for social workers and social work departments.
Workshops, meetings and discussions
The media centre runs informal sessions about the media coverage of social work issues that are hitting the headlines. The aim of these meetings is to bring together social workers, press officers and journalist to look at the way that social work is covered. These sessions will also look at what the social work community can do to ensure that their messages are communicated and that the public have access to the most accurate and objective coverage.
Useful links & downloads
A Guide to the Media for Social Workers (pdf 1.7Mb) - How The College of Social Work is helping social workers tell their story and improve their status
For more information on any of these services please contact us