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Work for Think Ahead
Work for Think Ahead
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News about our funding
News about our funding
We’re sad to share news that the Department of Health and Social Care has decided not to continue funding the Think Ahead programme for the 2026 Cohort and beyond. Our 2025 Cohort – due to start this summer – will go ahead as planned. We are extremely disappointed with this decision. The Think Ahead programme […]
Our future plans - Community Care
Our future plans - Community Care
#SocialWorkMatters – our case for investment
#SocialWorkMatters – our case for investment
Why we need more mental health social workers - Centre for Mental Health
Why we need more mental health social workers - Centre for Mental Health
Why we need more LGBTQ+ people in social work
Why we need more LGBTQ+ people in social work
Amy's blog: recovery is more than medicine
Amy's blog: recovery is more than medicine
SAMARITANS: What to do if you think someone is struggling
SAMARITANS: What to do if you think someone is struggling
What to do if you think someone isn't OK
"Without my social worker, I don't know where I'd be today"
"Without my social worker, I don't know where I'd be today"
Community care article: Raising concerns about mental health social work job cuts
Community care article: Raising concerns about mental health social work job cuts
Fast-track training provider wants 24,000 more NHS mental health social workers recruited over next 10 years but warns trusts are cutting back on posts
Trainee stories
Trainee stories
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Latest Think Ahead news
With Insight Education partnership: changing the narrative
With Insight Education partnership: changing the narrative
We are delighted to share that we’ve partnered with pioneering educational charity With Insight Education. With Insight Education is on a mission to ensure the representation of black heritage students at university and in careers, reflecting the available talent of young people. For the start of this collaboration members of our alumni community spoke to […]
Trainee tips for applying to us - Gina
Trainee tips for applying to us - Gina
Welcoming our new Chair of Trustees
Welcoming our new Chair of Trustees
We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chair to lead our Board of Trustees. Peter Hay CBE is joining to replace longstanding founding Chair, Professor Dame Carol Black GBE, as she comes to the end of her full term on the Board. A hugely experienced leader in social care, Peter’s expertise and […]
Social work must be prioritised in 10 Year Health Plan
Social work must be prioritised in 10 Year Health Plan
In our response to the NHS Change Consultation, we are calling for the government to prioritise “forgotten” mental health social workers. Policymakers have a blind spot which continuously overlooks the impact mental health social workers have in improving patient outcomes. But it is mental health social workers who hold the key to fulfilling the government’s […]
🎉 10 years of Think Ahead! 🎉
🎉 10 years of Think Ahead! 🎉
“It began with a spark of an idea to make the social, economic and environmental factors affecting people’s mental health the bedrock of training for careers in the sector. From that spark grew the highly regarded organisation that Think Ahead is today.” Those are the words of our Chief Executive, Philippa Mariani, about Think Ahead’s […]
Thea's story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Thea's story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Writing for our 10 year anniversary series, Thea reflects on her social work journey and the pride it’s brought her. The best part of my job is when I discharge someone – I mean that in a really positive way! When I finish working with someone, I love talking to them about how far they’ve […]
Ella and Natalie's story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Ella and Natalie's story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Writing for our 10 year anniversary series, co-chief executives Ella Joseph and Natalie Acton reflect on the early years of our charity. In 2014, IPPR published Jonathan Clifton and Craig Thorley’s report Think Ahead: Meeting the workforce challenges in mental health social work, which set out the value of social work in mental health settings. […]
Beks' story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Beks' story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Writing for our 10 year anniversary series, Beks shares his thoughts on social work and the importance of representation in mental health services. If I’m honest, I feel like I’m carrying a lot of weight entering the profession. There’s a high turnover in social work and knowing how important the support we offer is for […]
Katrice's story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Katrice's story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Sarah's lived experience story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Sarah's lived experience story - 10 years of Think Ahead
Workforce Matters: Our manifesto for the mental health workforce
Workforce Matters: Our manifesto for the mental health workforce
✍️ Blogs & Pods 🎧
Podcast: Why we need more mental health social workers- Centre for Mental Health
Podcast: Why we need more mental health social workers- Centre for Mental Health
🎧 BASW Podcast: Let's Talk Social Work
🎧 BASW Podcast: Let's Talk Social Work
🎧 Podcast: This Is Social Work (From Social Work England)
🎧 Podcast: This Is Social Work (From Social Work England)
✍️ This is life with schizophrenia - Blog
✍️ This is life with schizophrenia - Blog
✍️ Caroline and Lyndsay's blog: Movement and Mental Illness
✍️ Caroline and Lyndsay's blog: Movement and Mental Illness
Blog: From social worker to expert by experience – a personal account
Blog: From social worker to expert by experience – a personal account
10 podcasts every social worker should listen to | Social Work News
10 podcasts every social worker should listen to | Social Work News
Trainee stories
🎥 Year one done: Ben, Izzy and Tracey’s update
🎥 Year one done: Ben, Izzy and Tracey’s update
Meet Izzy - she blogs how her first placement has gone
Meet Izzy - she blogs how her first placement has gone
Meet Ben - he blogs how he got on in his first placement
Meet Ben - he blogs how he got on in his first placement
Blog: Tiz shares his experience of social work as a south Asian gay man
Blog: Tiz shares his experience of social work as a south Asian gay man
Mental health support
Samaritans - mental health support
Samaritans - mental health support
Local mental health support (NHS)
Local mental health support (NHS)
5-10 minute suicide awareness training | ZeroSuicideAlliance
5-10 minute suicide awareness training | ZeroSuicideAlliance
Cost of living crisis help - Money and Mental Health
Cost of living crisis help - Money and Mental Health
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