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Social workers urged to contribute to consultation on psychosis and schizophrenia
BASW is urging members to contribute to an important consultation to develop clinical practice guidance on children and young people with psychosis or schizophrenia, for use in the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
16th August 2012
Blog: It’s got to be Dilnot
BASW England manager Ruth Cartwright responds to today’s press reports of a government U-turn on social care funding for the elderly.
16th August 2012
BASW: Witchcraft abuse action plan positive, but must be backed by more training for social workers
BASW has welcomed moves to empower social workers and other professionals to confront cases of “witchcraft abuse”, following the publication of the government’s national action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief.
15th August 2012
Dawn McKenzie murder sentencing – foster carers should not be deterred by tragic but isolated case
Following today’s sentencing of a 14 year old boy for killing his foster carer Dawn McKenzie; the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) has described the case as “highly unusual”, and hopes that potential carers will not be deterred from fostering as a result.
10th August 2012
BASW: Without regulation, Code of Conduct for care staff risks being “paper tiger”
Following the Winterbourne View serious case review, BASW is urging the government to impose statutory regulation on the employment of care staff, so that the proposed Code of Conduct can be properly enforced.
9th August 2012
Winterbourne View SCR: Put social workers at the heart of care for adults with learning disabilities
Following today’s publication of the serious case review on Winterbourne View, the private hospital where abuse of patients with learning disabilities was uncovered through secret filming by the BBC Panorama programme, BASW has called for services to be localised and for social workers to be integral to their provision.
7th August 2012
BASW: IoP putting profit before best practice
BASW has debunked the Institute of Psychiatry’s (IoP) explanation of its decision to scrap the MSc Mental Health Social Work, accusing the Institute of putting profit before good practice.
6th August 2012
There’s no ‘honour’ in child abuse – Shafilea Ahmed verdict
Read BASW’s latest Huffington Post blog on Shafilea Ahmed’s parents being found guilty of her murder
3rd August 2012
Baby Peter five years on – government must strengthen child protection services not diminish them
Ahead of tomorrow’s five year anniversary of the tragic death of Baby Peter Connolly, BASW has renewed its call for the government to make child protection a priority and support professionals undertaking this very challenging but important work.
2nd August 2012
BASW: “Optimistic” on social worker regulation switch
BASW is ‘optimistic’ about the future of social worker registration following today’s move of regulation of social workers in England from the General Social Care Council to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
1st August 2012
Global conference commits to new guidance on child sexual abuse
A gathering of social workers from around the world has committed to the urgent development of new guidance aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse.
25th July 2012
Louise Casey is right but social workers won’t welcome being “taught to suck eggs”
BASW has welcomed the recognition by government adviser Louise Casey that many so called “troubled” families need to be better understood and worked with, rather than lectured, but questioned why she needed to tell social workers what many professionals had long been urging the government to understand.
18th July 2012
Changes to adult social care laws could make life easier for social workers
BASW has described proposed changes to the legislation underpinning adult social care, part of the government’s care and support white paper published on 11 July, as having the potential to make life easier for adult social workers, but cautions that the consultation process must be thorough.
12th July 2012
Remploy closures “an act of vandalism”
BASW and its trade union arm the Social Workers Union (SWU) has described the closure of half of Remploy’s factories, which offer work for disabled people “an act of vandalism”.
11th July 2012
Why not Dilnot? Government must not “shy away” from its recommendations
BASW is calling for the immediate implementation of the extra funding proposed by the Dilnot Commission and for the government to entrench reforms of social care by giving social workers a definitive role in care services.
11th July 2012
BASW: New guidance will give doctors more confidence to report abuse
The General Medical Council’s (GMC) pledge to back doctors who report suspected child abuse, even if their fears are later proved groundless, has been endorsed by BASW.
10th July 2012
BASW: Vulnerable families need help, not condemnation
BASW has endorsed a report by three UK children’s charities which warns that the number of children living in vulnerable families in Britain is likely to rise to over one million by 2015.
6th July 2012
BASW urges government to keep adoption policy in proportion
Commenting on government plans to compel councils to consider placing children with approved adopters and remove what ministers have described as “groundless doubts about whether ‘Fostering for Adoption’ is legal and good practice”.
6th July 2012
Wales celebrates social work success in Cardiff
Two social workers with a combined seven decades of experience in practice were among the big winners at the BASW Cymru Social Work Awards 2011.
5th July 2012
2012 Student/NQSW survey launched – £50 Amazon prizes up for grabs
Students and newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) could win one of six £50 Amazon vouchers if they take part in BASW’s 2012 annual survey of their experiences of training, supervision and employment.
5th July 2012
