Criminal Justice Reference Group (England)
The Criminal Justice Reference Group was set up in November 2010 by the BASW England Committee in order to assist in the carrying forward of the England Development Plan, specifically by providing a focus on criminal justice issues pertaining to both children and adults.
BASW: Professionals must get over their unease about sexualised behaviour in children
As a study from HM inspectorate of Probation of 24 male sex offenders, (10 of whom were minors) indicates that early signs of future sexual offending were missed in the majority of cases, BASW highlights a culture of ‘unease’ amongst professionals about the sexualised behaviour of some young children, that must be addressed by adequate provision of training and services.
7th February 2013
Deskilling" youth justice social workers a threat to reducing reoffending, MPs told
Recent successes in reducing crime and reoffending rates across England and Wales could be jeopardised by cuts to the youth justice service and by the marginalisation of the social work role, MPs were told. The second evidence gathering session of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Work heard from a senior social worker in a youth offending team, Iain Brown, who said there was a serious risk of “deskilling” social workers who had made a big impact on crime rates among young people.
7th December 2012
Social work, criminal justice and mental health – the business of all social workers
The British Association of Social Workers, 16 Kent Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 6RD
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