Immersive 360 degree training gives social workers a front row seat to frontline

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ITV News report on their website related to a news clip of an interview exploring the impact of the 360-degree video training package I created on the social workers.

Period26 Sept 2024

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  • TitleImmersive 360 degree training gives social workers a front row seat to frontline
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletITVX
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/SizeWebpage
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date26/09/24
    DescriptionSocial workers going into child protection are being given an insight into the most sensitive aspects of the job thanks to immersive training with Virtual Reality (VR) headsets.

    The project, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and Sandwell Children's Trust allows those in training or in the first few years of the job, to experience challenging situations in a safe environment.

    Using VR goggles, so they can watch in a 360 degree format, participants follow a social worker's 11 month engagement with a fictional family based on the daily experiences of real child protection workers.
    Producer/AuthorLucy Kapasi
    PersonsTarsem Cooner
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Keywords

  • Immersive media
  • VR
  • Child Protection
  • Social Work
  • impact

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    Impact: Commerce and Economy - The creation of revenue and economic growth of a company and other types of organisations such as the NHS, private health and social care, Cultural - Influencing behaviours, values, practices, and rights of people, organisations, and communities, Health and Wellbeing - Benefits to health including improving quality of life, disease prevention, changes in guidelines and practices, reducing health inequality, Practices, Standards & Ethics - Influencing people or groups involved in the developing or delivery of professional standards, guidelines and training, Social Welfare - Influencing the rights, inclusion, or opportunities of people, organisations and communities, Understanding and Learning - Influencing people or groups awareness, perceptions and engagement of a particular area