In March 2019 a group of 7 academics from Japanese Universities interested in Children’s Services and how Social Pedagogy can help them, visited SPPA members Kibble in Paisley, Scotland and TRCU scholars Claire Cameron and Pat Petrie. They wanted to find out how the UK is progressing with Social Pedagogy having recently started the Japanese […]

Surrey County Council are committed to embedding Social Pedagogical values and currently offer their Children’s Services staff a three day introduction. Those that are then inspired by this experience are offered a further five days facilitated learning. This training is lead by a Social Pedagogue and supported by experienced Foster carers and Residential Workers who have completed their Level […]

“Language That Cares” – Language That Cares is a collaborative effort led by TACT (fostering & adoption) that aims to change the language of the care system. This accessible document offers some insight into the impact of the words and phrases that potentially pepper our day to day interactions and offers some alternatives as suggested […]

SPPA was founded in 2016 to be the professional home of social pedagogy in the UK. It built on research and practice interest across children’s social care, work with adults with disabilities and older people. SPPA holds both the quality assurance measures that ensure good practice in training and offers continuous professional development and networking […]

Surrey County Council trialled the SPPA Audit Tool in one of their Residential Children’s Homes that already advocates the benefits of Social Pedagogy. Initially it was assumed that the tool would act as validation of the work and processes already in place – instead what was found was a reflective and self-challenging tool that has meant […]