Guide 4: Involving service users and carers in social work education: About this guide

This guide focuses on how service users, carers and providers of social work education and training can work together on the degree programmes. It covers the principles, practicalities and range of approaches to building and sustaining these partnerships. The key messages of the guide apply also to developing service users' and carers' involvement in all types of training for social work and social care staff and in the design and delivery of services.