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The Anna Freud National Centre for Children has launched Child in mind, a series of free podcasts offering practical advice to parents and carers managing child and family mental health problems....
The NSPCC reports that the number of young people receiving counselling from Childline about their A-Level and GCSE results rose 20% this year, with 1 in 4 of all sessions being delivered in August....
The National Children’s Bureau is carrying out a survey of staff who are involved in the care of looked after children in England, to find out what tools and indicators are used to measure the...
Scottish Autism has launched a new initiative to support the inclusion of people with autism by addressing some of the unique challenges they face when dealing with banks and other financial...
The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) welcomes the publication of Professor Alexis Jay’s report on the review of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI). The...
C-Change is a flexible approach to assessing parents’ capacities to change where the children are in need or at risk of maltreatment. It is of interest to social workers in local authorities and...
Come and join SASW members to see social work play ‘Villain’ at the Edinburgh Fringe
But the NSPCC's newly-launched Childline website makes it easier for children to get help whenever they need it
The University of Bedfordshire International Centre has made available the presentations from its child sexual exploitation (CSE) research forum which took place in July. Presentations include: the...
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BASW response to CSA Inquiry Chair resignation
This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes across Ofsted’s inspections of children’s social care. It has four parts: - principles for children’s social care inspections - a new approach...
This consultation outlines options for reform of the child protection system in England, specifically in relation to reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect. This includes consideration of...
NESTA have launched beta versions of their first two apps bringing together researchers and those affected by dementia to help find ways to improve care. Find out more about the apps, the research...
BASW England wishes to put on record its grave concern at the recent increase in incidents of racism, xenophobia and hate crimes following the EU Referendum. BASW England pledges solidarity and...
BASW England National Standing Committee is pleased to announce the following members have been elected to the three vacant positions on committee Sophie Greenchester I work in an out of hour’s...
BASW has written to Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt MP to urge action on social work bursaries. Social work students say they have been left in limbo by the Department of Health’s delay in...
Adults worried about children being radicalised and the impact of terrorism can call the NSPCC helpline for advice The launch of our free, 24-hour service comes after recent terrorist attacks which...
As the Supreme Court in London allows an appeal brought by opponents of the Scottish Government’s controversial ‘Named Persons’ scheme, the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) has said a...
The 2015 Mental Health Bill Team Leader, Innes Fyfe, confirmed that she does not have access to any funding which would support the continuation of SASW’s Annual MHO Study Day. We established the ‘...
SASW has started collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and other partners on the Impact Project, which we hope will inform the development and implementation of child protection policy and...
SASW has been invited to participate in two of the three groups which make up this programme. We were delighted to accept an invitation to the ‘Systems’ group and have now also been invited to...
Congratulations to John McGowan who was elected as General Secretary of BASW’s arms-length trade union SWU. John has been a SASW Committee Member for many years and previously held the position of...
The SSSC’s Workforce Skills Report aims to explore skills challenges for the social service sector. As part of this work the SSSC has published a survey on skills issues, What are the main skills...
Dr Jonathan Sher has recently completed two independent national reports which may be of interest to social workers working with women and pregnancy, particularly when social workers are assessing...
The GIRFEC toolkit Following on from the success of the Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) GetLive! Project, Children in Scotland is in the process of developing a toolkit to support...
On 1 July, five MHO SASW members and SASW Manager Trisha Hall met with Innes Fyfe, the 2015 Mental Health Bill Team Leader and Eleanor Stanley, from the Mental Health Law team, (both from the...
BASW is saddened by the sudden death of Harold Bodmer, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) President. Harold was born in Zimbabwe and studied social work in apartheid...
Professional Officer Sarah McMillan shares her excitment about SASW being a lead partner in the Revisiting Child Protection in Scotland research project. This project offers SASW the opportunity...
‘The NHS if’ is a collection of essays published by The King’s Fund that explores hypothetical scenarios and their impact on the future of health and care. We are asking a small number of experts –...
The referendum held in the United Kingdom on 23 June on the question of whether to remain in, or leave, the European Union resulted in 51.9% of those voting (on a 71.8% turn-out) supporting...
The report published today by the Commons Education Select Committee welcomes the government’s focus on social work, but is openly critical of the government’s proposals to reform the profession...
Saturday 16 July 2016 BASW is calling all members to unite within the social workers and service users bloc and march saying: "No to austerity and no to racism". The joint demonstration...
BASW England has welcomed Sir Martin Narey’s call for social workers to play an integral role in residential care. Sir Martin Narey’s report, Residential Care in England, was commissioned by the...
The Communities and Local Government Committee has announced an inquiry into the financial sustainability of local authority care and the quality of care provided.
As Sir John Chilcot’s long awaited report of the Iraq Inquiry concludes that “the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted”, BASW Chief...
BASW has joined a number of other organisations to issue a joint statement on the Children and Social Work Bill which is currently before Parliament. The Bill proposes a number of reforms, including...
BASW Chief Executive Dr Ruth Allen stated: "BASW will be carefully considering the unfolding impact of the result of the EU referendum as it affects social workers, other health and social care...
BASW England Manager Maris Stratulis reflects on how the horrifc murder of Labour MP Jo Cox and the Orlando massacre underline the need for the values and ethics at the core of social work - and...