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The economics of housing and health: The role of Housing Associations

There is a wide array of evidence which demonstrates that housing is critical to health across the life-course (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 2011). Suitable housing that is safe and...

Must know on transforming care

Too many people are still living in hospitals who should be living in the community. As a lead member responsible for promoting the welfare of the most vulnerable people in your area, you can use...

Prosperity without poverty: a framework for action in Wales

Wales should be a country where everyone has the chance of a decent and secure life. Instead, hundreds of thousands of people – many from working families – struggle to meet their basic needs. Almost...

UK poverty: Causes, costs and solutions

Four years ago, JRF set out to learn as much as we could about poverty in the UK, and how to solve it. Bringing together the skills and resources of national and local governments, businesses,...

Real lives: Listening to the voices of people who use social care

The social care system provides vital support to millions of adults and children. It is a complex system with care offered in a range of settings, funded with contributions both from the public purse...

Making IT Work: Harnessing the Power of Health Information Technology to Improve Care in England

In order for the National Health Service (NHS) to continue to provide a high level of healthcare at an affordable cost it simply must modernise and transfrom. this transformation will involve...

Research brief: evaluation of children’s centres in England -strands 1 to 5

Following on from the Sure Start initiative of 1998, Children’s Centres were launched in 2002 with the aim of giving disadvantaged children the “best possible start in life.” The centres provide...

The landscape of child protection research in the UK

This study, undertaken for the NSPCC, is the first comprehensive systematic search and mapping review of research undertaken in all four nations of the United Kingdom on the subject of child...

How do County Courts share the care of children between parents?

The primary aim of this study was to better understand the detail of different types of child care arrangements set up during litigation at County Court level. Very little information had previously...

Study of data held by Cafcass in cases featuring radicalisation concerns

The Home Office defines radicalisation as “the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism leading to terrorism”, with Prevent defining extremism as “the vocal or...

Children and Social Work Bill 2016: How does it address the demands of England’s Children: A manifesto?

This is Children England’s first analysis of the Children and Social Work Bill 2016 in advance of its second reading. We welcome responses from our members and anyone else working with children and...

Future of the welfare state: thinkpiece

As one of the key challenges facing the nation, successfully tackling the housing crisis is a critical litmus test for politicians and policy makers. The consequences of failing to build enough homes...

A digital NHS? An introduction to the digital agenda and plans for implementation

- Digital technology has the potential to transform the way patients engage with services, improve the efficiency and co-ordination of care, and support people to manage their health and wellbeing...

Age Friendly Places: Making our community a great place to grow older

Living longer is a huge opportunity if we adapt our neighbourhoods and communities to work for us as we age. As we grow older, we often spend more time in our homes and communities, so our immediate...

Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography

As was set out in our consultation, the Government’s preferred approach to delivering this commitment is to establish a new law, requiring age verification (AV) controls for online pornography this...

WePROTECT Global Alliance: Our Strategy to End the Sexual Exploitation of Children Online

The sexual exploitation of children online cannot be dealt with by any one country, company or organisation working in isolation. It demands a coordinated global response by governments,...

Delivering an equal right to sight

People with learning disabilities are ten times more likely to experience serious sight problems than the general population, a disparity that is even more marked at a young age, so it is vital that...

Ad Brake: Primary school children’s perceptions of unhealthy food advertising on TV

Addressing chronic diseases like cancer is one of the biggest challenges of our age. A key element of this is prevention - working to ensure that we minimise exposure to risk factors that can...

Evaluation of an anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HB&T) bullying programme

Over the last two decades real progress has been made towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB&T) equality in Britain. Yet, the government acknowledges that too many LGB&T people...

Brexit and the future of migrants in the social care workforce

Since the referendum of 23 June 2016, there has been intense speculation about the future residence rights of the estimated three million EU migrants already living in Britain. Recent analysis has...

Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people

This guideline covers children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour, including those on remand or serving community or custodial sentences. It aims to ensure these problems don't...

The Damage of Debt: The impact of money worries on children's mental health and well-being

Building on The Children’s Society’s previous research, the aim of this study was to provide fresh insights on how low well-being and poor mental health in children are linked to household poverty...

Making a Difference in Dementia: Nursing Vision and Strategy

The Making a Difference in Dementia: Nursing Vision and Strategy, published in March 2013, set out our vision of how nurses could maximise their unique contribution to high-quality, compassionate...

Improving access to mental health services: Sixteenth Report of Session 2016–17

One in four adults is diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lives, but only around a quarter of people estimated to need mental health services have access to them. The Department of...

Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships

Relationships can be confusing. Especially if you really like someone but they do things you're not comfortable with.

Growing older in the UK: A series of expert-authored briefing papers on ageing and health

The UK’s ageing population and its families are being failed by a flawed and fragmented health and social support regime, a wide-ranging report by the BMA warns. The report, Growing Older in the UK,...

Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management

This guideline covers preventing, assessing and managing mental health problems in people with learning disabilities in all settings (including health, social care, education, and forensic and...
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England Minutes - 7th September 2016

Moving from the margins: The challenges of building integrated local services

Turning Point and Collaborate recently convened a group of expert practitioners to explore an important and pressing question: why, despite the relative maturity of multiple models, and evidence of...
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Minutes of the one hundred and twenty third meeting of Council held on Wednesday, 14th September 2016

Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: Second Report

Respect for ‘the dignity and worth of peoples’ is the second pillar of The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. This is the second of a series of four reports on The Global Agenda...

Working-age disabled people and social work: Position statement: Draft October 1st 2016

This position statement on “Disabled People and Social Workers is being developed jointly between Shaping our Lives, BASW and a number of organisations and individuals with a passion for this issue...
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BASW Membership Survey – Children & Social Work Bill

Care and Statutory Guidance – September 2016 update

The Department of Health published an updated version of the Care and Support Statutory Guidance on 26th September 2016. The changes are all relatively minor clarifications, updates and format...

Law Commission 13th Programme Consultation – PROGAR RESPONSE – 30th September 2016

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Project Group on Assisted Reproduction, PROGAR ( https://www.basw.co.uk/progar/ ) has since the 1980s campaigned on matters concerning assisted...

‘Time to listen’− a joined up response to child sexual exploitation and missing children

Tackling child sexual exploitation can be done. The five joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) have found evidence of progress being made in many local areas, which is resulting in better support...

Inequalities in mental health, cognitive impaitment and dementia among older people

The likelihood of having good physical and mental health in later life in England is not evenly distributed across the population and there is a social class gradient in life expectancy, and...

Continuing professional development audit report

This report describes the outcomes of the audits for the 16 professions who were audited between 2013 and 2015. The majority of registrants successfully completed their CPD audit, with most CPD...

Awareness and understanding of EHRC guidance on the Public Sector Equality Duty

The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) created by the Equality Act 2010 is a legislative mechanism to ensure public authorities consider equality and good relations in their day-to-day activities. It...

The impact of distance from home on children in custody

This review, commissioned by the Youth Justice Board, looks at the impact of distance from home on children in custody. The reduction in the number of children held in custody in recent years is well...

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