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Councils defend social work support in response to BASW poll

Among the 17 local authorities to respond to BASW’s State of Social Work survey at the time of going to press, many accepted that social workers were under pressure, particularly in children’s...

Government says it recognises BASW’s State of Social Work concerns

The minister responsible for social work in England has been joined by 17 local authorities [see facing page for more] in responding formally to BASW’s damning assessment of current practice...

Minister responds to the State of Social Work survey

BASW wrote to the Westminster secretaries of state for health and education, outlining its State of Social Work campaign and asking for their response. Children’s minister Tim Loughton, also...

Voices from the frontline

This document contains hundreds of comments from frontline social workers and managers about their working lives, the challenges they face and the concerns they have about the work and the people who...

BASW Code of Ethics poster Scotland

A poster containing the key principles of the BASW Code of Ethics for Social Work. Please display prominently in your workplace.

BASW Code of Ethics poster Wales

A poster containing the key principles of the BASW Code of Ethics for Social Work. Please display prominently in your workplace.

BASW Code of Ethics poster N. Ireland

A poster containing the key principles of the BASW Code of Ethics for Social Work. Please display prominently in your workplace.

BASW Code of Ethics poster Wales (Welsh language)

A poster containing the key principles of the BASW Code of Ethics for Social Work. Please display prominently in your workplace.

Supplementary written evidence submitted by the British Association of Social Workers

I gave evidence on 20 April 2016 at the Education Select Committee on Children’s Social Work Reform on behalf of British Association of Social Workers (BASW). I was very pleased to address the...

Children in times of economic crisis: Past lessons, future policies

How do economic shocks, in particular the current economic downturn, affect the wellbeing of children? What can be done to mitigate harm? This paper explores these questions, presents a framework for...

Care in crisis: causes and solutions

Care and support in later life has reached financial breaking point.

Report on the Future Delivery of Public Services by the Commission chaired by Dr Campbell Christie

In this report we have set out a way forward for Scotland’s public services, reflecting the significant challenges – and opportunities – that lie before us.

Research into private fostering

The research had two broad aims. Firstly, to collect evidence of the practices and procedures of local authorities in relation to private fostering arrangements, in order to inform thinking on how to...

Respect and renewal

The Partnership Initiatives for Communities (PICs) programme was conceived by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF, or ‘the Foundation’) as a multilayered investigation into the ways in which social...

Rethinking disability policy

There are concerns that reductions in benefits and public services will significantly and disproportionately affect disabled people. What progress has been made in disability policy in the last 20...

Reviewing the reviews

In every part of the UK social work is under review and subject to reform. With so many reviews, reports, commissions and inquiries underway or in the throes of reporting their conclusions, social...

Effective Relationships with Vulnerable Parents to Improve Outcomes for Children and Young People

York Consulting was commissioned by Action for Children to undertake research to articulate how Action for Children professionals develop effective relationships with vulnerable parents and how this...

The age of reason?

The furore over the return to prison of Jon Venables has abated, but news has now emerged of the conviction of two ten-year-old boys for the attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl, prompting Clare...

Tell them not to forget about us

The over-representation of looked after children and care leavers in the criminal justice system poses a fundamental challenge for children’s services. The reasons for this are complex, but there is...

Targeting children's centre services on the most needy families

This research aims to provide local authority early years and children’s services leaders, and children’s centre managers, with evidence of how children’s centre services are targeting the most...

Tackling homelessness and exclusion: Understanding complex lives

For some people, homelessness is not just a housing issue but something that is inextricably linked with complex and chaotic life experiences. Mental health problems, drug and alcohol dependencies,...

Tackling child poverty through whole-area strategies

This knowledge review tells us what works in tackling child poverty through whole-area strategies: it is based on a rapid review of the research literature involving systematic searching, data scopig...

Systematic review of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with children and families

SFBT is a strengths-based approach, emphasizing the resources that people possess and how these can be applied to a positive change process. SFBT focuses on strengths and `life without the problem'...

Sustainable Social Services for Wales

High quality responsive, citizen centred social services are essential to a successful Wales. That is why we are setting out in this Paper how the Welsh Assembly Government will take social services...

Supporting older people in care homes at night

This report examines the perspectives of residents, relatives, staff and care home inspectors. It identifies areas of good and poor practice, and recommends ways to make improvements through a series...

Support for Living?

This study set out to examine how local Supporting People teams were interpreting national guidelines in relation to the provision of housing-related support disabilities. The impact that this was...

Stuck in the Middle

With unprecedented investment in children’s early years and much government energy focused on tackling the ‘problems’ of older teenagers, the needs of children aged from six to 13 are often...

Strengthening family wellbeing and community cohesion through the role of schools and extended services

This knowledge review tells us what works in strengthening family wellbeing and community cohesion through the role of schools and extended services. It is based on a rapid review of the research...

Strengthening family wellbeing and community cohesion through the role of schools and extended services

This research review tells us what works in strengthening family wellbeing and community cohesion through the role of schools and extended services. It is based on a rapid review of the research...

Step inside our shoes

This consultation offers a unique insight into the issue of gun and knife crime. Over 800 young people decided to take part in our online consultation, which explored the impact of gun and knife...

Staying Safe Survey 2009

The main aim of this research is to measure and track parents’ and children’s awareness, attitudes and reported behaviour across the various safety issues covered within the Staying Safe Action Plan...

Social work's place in reform agenda

Allan Bowman considers the recent Westminster government green paper on adult care in the context of wider personalisation reforms, suggesting that social workers will have a chance to develop their...

Social work's mad history

Joan Rapaport offers a reflection on the Social Work History Network’s autumn seminar, centred on the theme of mental health. The event charted the development of the role of the mental health social...

Social work's emergency service

BASW’s Advice & Representation Service hasn’t enjoyed an especially high profile role within the Association in the past but new leadership and increasing pressures on frontline workers mean it...

Social work's blind spot

Evidence that social workers have received too little training in working with drug and alcohol abusing service users prompted a BASW special interest group to publish a guide in September aimed at...

Social work's big decision

As BASW prepares to publish its Social Work Bill, a prescription for improving the profession, David N Jones maps the rights and responsibilities incumbent on social workers. In doing so he asks...

Social Work Services and Recovery from Substance Misuse: A Review of the Evidence

Its purpose was to review the evidence base to determine the contribution made by social work and social care to supporting people with alcohol and/or other drug problems. The findings were to be set...

Social Work and the coming global storm

Just weeks after stepping down as president of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), David N Jones looks back over more than ten years at the forefront of international social work...

Social networks: their role in addressing poverty

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) commissioned this paper as part of its programme on poverty and ethnicity which aims to understand the underlying reasons for variations in low income and...

Social care funding and the NHS

The government’s proposals to reform the NHS have rekindled interest in improving the relationship between local government, social care and the NHS to allow resources to be planned that reflect...

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