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PSW Rate Card 2019

Slides from SW Role in Domestic Abuse Event

BASW response to the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) welcomes the publication of the Wessely review “Modernising the Mental Health Act: increasing choice, reducing compulsion” and we are pleased to see...

SASW Social Work Awards Flyer 2019

Flyer for the SASW Social Work Awards 2019.

BASW response to Public Accounts Committee inquiry into mental health services - Nov 2018

Bath Spa University/SWU working conditions consultation

SWU Newsletter December 2018/January 2019

“A new settlement between carers and the state”

Author: Ben Glover The rise of the informal care economy is perhaps the most significant yet under-reported demographic shift in recent British history. We estimate there are now almost eight million...

Children’s and young people’s experiences of loneliness: 2018

Analysis of children's and young people’s views, experiences and suggestions to overcome loneliness, using in-depth interviews, the Community Life Survey 2016 to 2017 and Good Childhood Index Survey...

Modernising the Mental Health Act: Increasing choice, reducing compulsion

Our terms of reference and interim report set out a number of reasons why we have carried out this Review. There is a clear case for change: the rate of detention is rising; the patient’s voice is...

Relationships matter: An analysis of complaints about social workers to the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and Patient and Client Council

Author: David Hayes This research project was originally jointly commissioned by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) and the British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW...

Counting the Costs 2018

It is 10 years since we first asked families with disabled children about their finances. During that time disability and care costs have gone up while financial support offered through the social...

The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2017/18

This is my second Annual Report as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector. The education and care sectors have been criticised for lagging behind their counterparts in health or even criminal justice for not...

Mental Capacity Act materials from Dr Terry McClatchey – BASW PPEG (Adults)

Dr Lucy Series presentation for the Mental Capacity Act Webinar

Mental Capacity Act from a parliamentary context

The role of volunteers in the NHS Views from the front line: Views from the front line

Authors: Shilpa Ross, Deborah Fenney, Deborah Ward and David Buck Interest in developing the role of volunteering in hospitals is increasing, however the perceptions of frontline staff on the issue...

Mental health and wellbeing in schools

Authors: Robert Long, Alexander Bellis and Selena Steele On 4 December 2018, there will be a Westminster Hall debate on Mental health and wellbeing in schools, sponsored by Layla Moran MP. It is...

Working conditions - Cymru campaign flyer (Welsh)

Letter template BASW Cymru (Welsh)

Template letter for Cymru Social workers to ask AM's to meet and discuss the working conditions campaign. See the English version .

Under Pressure – the impact of the changing environment on local government complaints

Over the last decade local government has gone through the most intense period of change in a generation. Significant budget reductions, changing demand on services, and technological advances have...

UK Poverty 2018

What you need to know Nearly half of children in lone parent families live in poverty, compared with one in four of those in couple families. Over the last five years, poverty rates for children in...

Statement on Visit to the United Kingdom, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

The UK is the world’s fifth largest economy, it contains many areas of immense wealth, its capital is a leading centre of global finance, its entrepreneurs are innovative and agile, and despite the...
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BASW England Committee Meeting 31st October 2018

Nursing care for people experiencing homelessness

This report presents the expert knowledge and experience of Homeless Health Nurses and contributes to the evidence for meeting the health care needs of people who are homeless, giving clear...

Child sexual abuse in residential schools: A literature review

Authors: Marcus Ward and Holly Rodger The purpose of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA or ‘the Inquiry’) is to investigate whether public bodies and other non-state institutions...

Domestic Violence in England and Wales

Authors: Pat Strickland and Grahame Allen How big is the problem? The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates of domestic abuse are based on a relatively broad definition covering male...

Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2017-2018

I’m pleased to present our Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints for 2017-18 alongside our complaints data. Sharing the learning from complaints is an important focus of this report, we...

Rights, Respect and Recovery

In the ten years since the publication of Scotland’s previous alcohol and drugs strategies we have seen a lot of positive change. I am proud of the successes achieved over this period, driven by...

BASW ECard

Support a homeless shelter with a Christmas eCard this year Share your festive wishes and support people facing homelessness by sharing our eCard and making a donation of your choice to the BASW...

Policing and Mental Health: Picking Up the Pieces

The police respond to people in mental health crisis every day. It is important for the police to recognise as early as possible that they may be responding to someone with mental health problems...

A vision for population health: Towards a healthier future

Authors: David Buck, Alex Baylis, Durka Dougall and Ruth Robertson • Substantial improvements in health over the past 100 years mean that people are living longer and healthier lives than ever before...

Ending Homelessness Together: High Level Action Plan

This plan sets the direction for real and lasting change towards ending homelessness. It will be led and overseen by the Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group, which is co-chaired by political...

Thematic Report on the Prosecution of Young People

The approach to youth justice in Scotland builds on the key principles and ethos of the highly influential Kilbrandon Report published in 1964. Concerned with legal provisions and systems to treat “...

The national protocol on reducing unnecessary criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers

1.1. This national protocol is aimed at local authority children’s services, local care providers (fostering services, children’s homes and other arrangements), police forces, Youth Offending Teams (...

Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017

This survey series provides England’s best source of data on trends in child mental health. Major surveys of the mental health of children and young people in England were carried out in 1999, 2004,...

Equally Safe: Year One Update Report

Violence against women and girls is a fundamental violation of human rights. It has no place in our vision for a safe, strong and successful Scotland. Equally Safe is Scotland’s Strategy to prevent...

Investigation into thev provision of mental health care to patients presenting at the emergency department

The reference safety event Diane, a 57-year-old woman with a history of mental health problems, was in the care of the community mental health service. As her mental state fluctuated, she experienced...

Kilbrandon again?

Though we believe the Children’s Hearings System is superior to a criminal justice approach to children, we believe that there are major inconsistences and deficiencies in law and policy which...

Making sure people seeking and refused asylum can access healthcare:what needs to change?

We set out a commitment in our business plan to make sure that people seeking asylum were able to fully access the public services to which they were entitled. This commitment was fuelled by our...

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