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Professional Social Work (PSW) February 2016
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Professional Social Work (PSW) December 2015/January 2016

An international comparison of long-term care funding and outcomes: insights for the social care green paper

The challenges facing long-term care systems are well known, if not widely understood: with an ageing population and increasing care costs, how to finance a system that is fair to both recipients and...

Forecasting the care needs of the older population in England over the next 20 years: estimates from the Population Ageing and Care Simulation (PACSim) modelling study

Between 2015 and 2035 in England, both the prevalence of and numbers of people with dependency will fall for young-old adults (65–74 years). For very old adults (≥85 years), numbers with low...

Newly Qualified Social Workers - Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (AYSE)

How to get your first Job in social work

Welcome New Social Workers
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Professional Social Work (PSW) September 2018

SWU Newsletter September 2018

Children sending and receiving sexual messages

The NSPCC and LGfL Digisafe recently conducted the largest ever UK survey of children’s experiences online. We received almost 40,000 responses from children aged 7-16, who shared their experiences...

Immigration detention in the UK: an overview

Authors: Terry McGuinness and Melanie Gower The Government has wide powers to detain people for reasons of immigration control. Those who are subject to immigration controls may be held whilst they...

Government response to the recommendations of the Health and Social Care Committee’s inquiry into ‘Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems’

On 11 June 2018, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee published its report Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems. The report included 42 conclusions and...

The Failing Safety Net

Not unreasonably, we expect the health and care system to be there to support us as we age, ‘keeping an eye’ and making sure we are safe and well. Those living alone at home, without family or...

Looking for social work knowledge?

There is an increasingly large range of social work knowledge and there are many ways of classifying this knowledge. One approach is given below. This is not a comprehensive guide to every resource...

Mental health policy in England

Author: Elizabeth Parkin Around one in four people in the UK suffer from a mental health problem each year. The NHS has set out that it wants to achieve “parity of esteem” between mental and physical...

A Better Relationship with Learning: an evaluation of the Young Carers in Schools Programme

Author: Jeff Mesie The Young Carers in Schools Programme is an England-wide initiative that equips schools to support young carers and awards good practice (see youngcarersinschools.com). The...

Empty Promises: The crisis in supporting children with SEND

NAHT represents over 28,000 school leaders across the UK and were one of the first to raise alarm over the school funding crisis hitting schools across the UK. Independent experts have been adding...

Preventing suicide: a community engagement toolkit

Communities play a crucial role in suicide prevention. This toolkit follows on from the World Health Organization (WHO) report Preventing suicide: a global imperative (WHO, 2014) by providing...
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Exploring the connections social work and social workers have in preventing violent extremism
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An exploration of the BASW Disabled Adults Charter
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Making ethical decisions about how adults' and carers' needs are best met
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How NICE can support social work in a world of evidence informed practice
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Human trafficking and modern slavery

A constant grieving

At a recent conference, BASW chair Guy Shennan saw three mothers give presentations about having children taken into care. They wanted social workers to hear their stories – so he interviewed two of...

To leave or not to leave

With the EU referendum looming, Paul Stepney puts a social work perspective on the debate.

It took nearly a year to get my son back

Mark Neary had to use the Human Rights Act to get his autistic son Steven home from care.

Making the right move

Moving from children’s to adults’ services can be terrifying for disabled people and their families. Andy McNicoll hears one mother’s story of how a rights-based planning approach helped her son.

‘I’ve always had this resilience’

After a turbulent childhood in the care system, Marvin Campbell turned his life around. He tells Andy McNicoll what changed and what services can learn from it...

The emperor’s new clothes

Despite unsung daily successes, children’s services suffer high vacancy rates, low morale and public criticism. Maggie Siviter, a social worker in children’s services for a quarter of a century, puts...

Health profile for England: 2018

This report summarises the health of people in England in 2018 and provides an update to the first Health Profile for England (published 2017). A new addition for this year’s report is the inclusion...

Sharing concerns and information with Ofsted about children’s social care services

Ofsted can consider information you share with us and use it to inform our inspection and regulation of children’s social care services. This helps us determine if these services are providing...

Making sense of relationships

The NSPCC worked with the PSHE Association to create lesson plans for children aged 10-16 (key stages 2-4) on personal safety and healthy relationships. The age-appropriate lessons cover subjects...

Sexual safety on mental health wards

People with mental health conditions have just as much right as everyone else to safe and fulfilling sexual relationships. However, people affected by mental ill health can at times act in...

80-20 Campaign Final Report 2018

All good social work is dependent on relationships – and the strength of social worker’s relationships with service users determines the outcomes. But evidence shows that relationship based social...

PROGAR’S written submission re: Cm 9525 The Government’s Response to an incompatibility in the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act 2008

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

PROGAR Response to Consultation on Human Fertilisation Embryology (Parental Order) Regulations - March 2018

Submitted to Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Order) Regulations consultation To read the full document click on download file to the left.

Omnibus survey of pupils and their parents/carers

Authors: Sarah Knibbs, Lucy Lindley, David Swordy, Jane Stevens and Sam Clemens This report presents the findings from the fourth wave of the omnibus survey of pupils and their parents/carers in...

Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Scotland – Evidence Review

This paper summarises the available evidence on child and adolescent health and wellbeing in Scotland. It presents the national quantitative data from a variety of sources to produce a picture of the...

Children and young people’s mental health

Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing is a priority for the Scottish Government. It is central to achieving its ambition for Scotland to be the best place in the world for children...

The devil is in the detail

Authors: Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and Nicola Jones Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, which calls for gender equality, SDG 8, which calls for decent work for all and SDG 16, which calls for just...

Learning to make a difference

Authors: David Booth with Karol Balfe, Róisín Gallagher, Gráinne Kilcullen, Sarah O’Boyle and Alix Tiernan Tackling the problems of poverty, vulnerability and exclusion that persist in parts of the...

Technology, migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Authors: Stephen Gelb and Aarti Krishnan • Highly-skilled migrants contribute substantially to technology innovation and research and development in destination countries – particularly high-income...

Decent work, migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Author: Richard Mallett • Low- and semi-skilled labour migrants face significant difficulties accessing ‘decent work’ in host countries. • Globally, 40% of workers are in vulnerable or precarious...

Victims Strategy

This cross-government Victims Strategy sets out a criminal justice system wide response to improving the support offered to victims of crime and incorporates actions from all criminal justice...

Cross-border child safeguarding: Challenges, effective social work practice and outcomes for children

This report sets out the findings of a study on cross-border children and families cases, a little explored aspect of social work with children and families. The aim of the study was to gather...

Standards for safeguarding and protecting children in sport

The following Standards have been developed in order to help safeguard and protect children and young people in sport. The Standards are based on current good practice and are informed by...
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BASW England Committee Meeting 29th August 2018

Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: How dispersal powers, community protection notices and public spaces protection orders are used to sanction young adults

Authors: Helen Mills and Matt Ford This data briefing aims to identify how three key anti-social behaviour powers are being used to sanction young adults (18-25 year olds) in England and Wales and to...

Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: How dispersal powers, community protection notices and public spaces protection orders are used to sanction young adults

Authors: Matt Ford, Roger Grimshaw and Helen Mills Six powers are used to sanction ASB. The three powers considered in this report are: Dispersal Power A police-only power to exclude individuals from...

A Quiet Crisis: Local government spending on disadvantage in England

Authors: Adam Tinson, Carla Ayrton, and Issy Petrie This report is about the services that English local authorities provide to support people facing disadvantage. Using a composite measure of ‘...

A Quiet Crisis: Local government spending on disadvantage

The local charities we fund at Lloyds Bank Foundation tell us every day of the increasing pressure on their communities. They tell us that when council services face rising demand and shrinking...

The Government response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme Second Annual Report

1. The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme was established to support local areas across England to review the deaths of people with a learning disability, to draw out learning...

The European health report 2018

The path to Health 2020 has been, in many respects, a journey of discovery. Much of the 2018 edition of the European health report is dedicated to analysis of the key trends underlying the current...

Cost-effective commissioning of end of life care

In 2015, Public Health England (PHE) commissioned a programme of work to enable clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities, and other decision makers to better understand the health and...

Untested models: The role of private and independent providers in social work

Social work is traditionally seen as delivered by public sector organisations – usually local authorities or the NHS. Over the last couple of decades independent organisations (many of which are...

Strengths-based social care for children, young people and their families

A strengths-based approach (SBA) to social care focuses on identifying the strengths, or assets, as well as the needs and difficulties of children, young people and families. This briefing describes...

A year of integrated care systems

Authors: Anna Charles, Lillie Wenzel, Matthew Kershaw, Chris Ham and Nicola Walsh Where once the primary purpose of the health and care system was to provide episodic treatment for acute illness, it...

Addressing the impact of nondependent parental substance misuse upon children

Authors: McGovern, R., Gilvarry, E., Addison, M., Alderson, H., Carr, L., Geijer-Simpson, E., Hrisos, N. Lingam, R., Minos, D. Smart, D. and Kaner, E. Statement of purpose This review examines the...

A new measure of poverty for the UK

While various measures of income inequality and poverty exist, the UK no longer has an official measure of poverty for children, adults or pensioners. This leaves a situation where policymakers and...

We see the big picture: Girls’ Attitudes Survey 2018

Welcome to Girlguiding’s tenth Girls’ Attitudes Survey. Over the last decade, this unique research has enabled our charity to hear the views of thousands of girls and young women aged 7 to 21 from...

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