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100 days of care
Children and young people in children’s homes wrote about what it is like living with a group other people. Their diaries covered friendships and arguments, new children arriving, being helped by...
Report concerning the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the United Kingdom
GRETA welcomes the steps taken in the constituent countries of the UK to assist victims of trafficking and to secure Government funding at a time of financial pressure. A number of safe houses for...
What’s going on to Safeguard Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation?
This research project has explored the extent and nature of the response of LSCBs to the 2009 government guidance on safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation.1 Where the...
What’s going on to Safeguard Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation? Research Briefing
This Comic Relief-funded research was commissioned to review the implementation of the 2009 government guidance Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation. Separate but related...
Winterbourne View Hospital Full Report
After the transmission of the BBC Panorama Undercover Care: the Abuse Exposed in May 2011, which showed unmanaged Winterbourne View Hospital staff mistreating and assaulting adults with learning...
Winterbourne View Hospital Summary
After the transmission of the BBC Panorama Undercover Care: the Abuse Exposed in May 2011, which showed unmanaged Winterbourne View Hospital staff mistreating and assaulting adults with learning...
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: Volume 1
Between 2005 and 2008 conditions of appalling care were able to flourish in the main hospital serving the people of Stafford and its surrounding area. During this period this hospital was managed by...
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: Volume 2
Between 2005 and 2008 conditions of appalling care were able to flourish in the main hospital serving the people of Stafford and its surrounding area. During this period this hospital was managed by...
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: Volume 3
Between 2005 and 2008 conditions of appalling care were able to flourish in the main hospital serving the people of Stafford and its surrounding area. During this period this hospital was managed by...
BASW : The Code of Ethics for Social Work
The British Association of Social Workers is the professional association for social workers in the United Kingdom (UK). The Code of Ethics states the values and ethical principles on which the...
BASW's social media policy
The purpose of this policy is to clarify what BASW considers to be the professional responsibilities of social workers and social work students, in relation to the increasing use of social media. As...
September 2012 - BASW Response to Winterbourne View SCR - intial response
A serious case review was published in August 2012 in response to the appalling abuse that took place at Winterbourne View, a private hospital for people with a learning disability. BASW is...
September 2012 - Article 'Shame upon Your Houses' re: Winterbourne view SCR, Robert Nisbet, BASW Mental Health Reference group
The State of Social Work 2012
Among the 1,100 respondents to BASW’s 2012 State of Social Work survey, 85% have experienced notable cuts to services in the last 12 months and 78% have noticed jobs cuts or unfilled vacancies...
Expert independent social workers
BASW expresses concern that expert independent social workers are being forced out of the family courts due to the Legal Services Commission capping ISW fees at rates significantly lower than other...
ISW criticisms: "Unsubstantiated and anecdotal"
Research published by Oxford University and part-funded by BASW examines the role of ISWs in family court proceedings, casting doubt on claims made about their contribution to delays and duplication...
ISWs urged not to accept capped court fee rates
BASW's response to the Family Justice Review, a plea for ISWs not to drop their expert witness fees. Article taken from Independent Thinking with July/August 2011 issue of Professional Social Work...
Oxford University to study effectiveness of ISWs
BASW is to part-fund research led by Dr Julia Brophy of Oxford University evaluating the work and effectiveness of independent social workers within the Family Courts. Article taken from Independent...
BASW defends 'invaluable' ISW role
BASW responds to an attack on independent social work practice whilst continuing to campaign to prevent capping ISW court fees. Article taken from Independent Thinking within August 2010 issue of...
Fee cap for ISWs looks set for May introduction
Independent social workers acting as expert witnesses in family court proceedings are to have their fees capped at Cafcass rates from May following mongs of wranglings over the proposals. Article...
The protection of children online: a brief scoping review to identify vulnerable groups
Ninety-nine percent of children aged 12-15 use the internet, as do 93% of 8-11 year olds and 75% of 5-7 year olds. New media technology means that the ways in which children are accessing online...
Saying the Unsayable: What's affecting children in 2012
We have called this report “Saying the Unsayable” because that is how children and young people use us, and explains why they desperately need ChildLine. The vast majority have never been able to...
Independent reviewing officers: taking up the challenge?
The core purpose of the independent reviewing officer (IRO) role is to ensure that the care plan for the child fully reflects the child’s needs and to ensure that each child’s wishes and feelings are...
The role of Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) in England
Since 2004 all local authorities have been required to appoint Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) to protect children’s interests throughout the care planning process. The requirement to appoint...
Independents urged to respond to MoJ consultation
The Ministry of Justice consultation on legal aid reform neglects to include independent social workers amongst professionals. This links to a separate Legal Services Commission consultation where it...
'Neither fear nor favour, affection or ill will' Executive summary
Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: Integrated Care
The Thematic Network ENS4Care aims to deliver evidence-based guidelines over a two-year period to enable the implementation of eHealth services in nursing and social care. The overall objective of...
Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: ePrescribing
‘Diversity is strength’ and ENS4Care presents partners within the 28 European Union member states with an opportunity to capitalise on different approaches used in other countries in relation to...
The impact of austerity and the plight of refugees - a humanitarian crisis in Greece
Behind the proud apparent affluence of Athens both ancient and modern there lies a growing humanitarian crisis fuelled by the impact of austerity and the plight of refugees. During a pre planned...
The role of social workers in palliative, end of life and bereavement care
Good palliative, end of life and bereavement care relies on a range of formal and informal support. We trust that this resource will be accessible and clear to anyone who wants to know more about the...
Uprooted: the growing crisis for refugee and migrant children
Around the world, nearly 50 million children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced – and this is a conservative estimate. More than half of these girls and boys fled violence and...
Social Work Regulatory Reform: Update to Policy Statement
This policy statement has been tabled in support of government amendments to Part 2 of the Children and Social Work Bill. It updates the policy statement and withdraws the indicative regulations...
Sustainability and transformation plans in the NHS
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were introduced in NHS planning guidance published in December 2015 (NHS England et al 2015). NHS organisations in different parts of England were asked...
NIASW Policy Analysis of Health Minister's Vision 'Health and Wellbeing 2026: Delivering Together'
On 25th October 2016 the Health Minister launched her ten year vision for Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland - Health and Wellbeing 2026: DeliveringTogether. NIASW have analysed the...
“Ein Cymuned”: Deg gweithred i gefnogi gofal sylfaenol yng Nghymru
Access and waiting times in children and young people's mental health services
This report includes the results of a freedom of information request to providers of specialist child and adolescent mental health services to explore access and waiting times for young people. This...
Improving responses to domestic violence in secondary mental health services in Wandsworth, South West London
Given the increasing awareness of domestic violence or abuse (DVA) and its prevalence and impact within the general population and amongst users of psychiatric services this study looked at the...
A digital world for all?: Findings from a programme of digital inclusion for vulnerable young people across the UK
Digital exclusion is a persistent challenge. Although the digital divide may be reducing in terms of the number of people who are not digitally engaged, for those who remain excluded the divide is...
A Generation Adrift
Communication is at the core of what we do in business, education and socially. Never before in our history have we been able to communicate as quickly and widely as we can today. There’s no doubt we...
A country that works for all children: ADCS Position Paper
There are more children and young people in our society than ever before yet they are at risk of being short changed as the nation’s focus turns to ‘Brexit,’ the economy and the growing pressures in...
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