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Health and Wellbeing Innovation Commission Inquiry: Built Environment

Author: Sally Bowell ILC-UK’S Commission Inquiry on Health and Wellbeing Innovation, supported by Audley Group and EY, seeks to review the current evidence base of innovation in health and wellbeing...

Criminal Networks Involved in the Trafficking and Exploitation of Underage Victims in the European Union

Child trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes and a crime against human rights as criminals profit from the abuse of the weakest social category of all – vulnerable children. Globally,...

Does living in a retirement village extend life expectancy? The case of Whiteley Village

Authors: Les Mayhew, Ben Rickayzen and David Smith The benefits or otherwise of communal living in later life are of considerable interest in the context of a growing and increasingly elderly...

Reunification from Out-of-Home Care: A Research Overview of Good Practice in Returning Children Home from Care

Author: Elaine Farmer Whilst there has been considerable attention in research and practice to entry to care, foster care and adoption, research in the UK on reunification has been limited, and until...

Refuge and Asylum in Scotland - Guidance on no recourse to public funds

This guidance was first issued in 2006 in order to provide a framework for ethical practice to SASW and UNISON members in Scotland who are social work and social care practitioners providing a...
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Professional Social Work (PSW) November 2018

Homeless Palliative Care Toolkit

This research informed toolkit provides information and resources for frontline staff supporting people who are homeless and who have significant health needs. People who are homeless or vulnerably...

Making it real: how to do personalised care and support

Personalisation is rooted in the belief that people want to have a life not a service. Making it Real is a framework and a set of statements that describe what good, citizen-focused, personalised...

Making Places Work for Women: Gender and Systems Change

The most marginalised women in our communities rarely face just one form of disadvantage. Their lives are complex; they experience gendered inequalities and discrimination, usually underpinned by...

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Stepping Up, Stepping Down

Authors: Kate Morris, Brid Featherstone, Katie Hill and Mike Ward This report presents the empirical research carried out with families as part of the Your Family, Your Voice Alliance, a national...

Serious and Organised Crime Strategy

Serious and organised crime affects more UK citizens, more often, than any other national security threat and leads to more deaths in the UK each year than all other national security threats...

A Fair, Supportive Society: Summary Report

The IHE report A Fair, Supportive Society highlights that some of the most vulnerable people in society – those with learning disabilities – will die 15-20 years sooner on average than the general...

Realising the Potential of Early Intervention

Early intervention means identifying and providing early support to children and young people who are at risk of poor outcomes, such as mental health problems, poor academic attainment, or...

TURNING 18: Independence or cliff edge?

The University of Sheffield has published a series of policy briefings on working against the challenges faced by children and ensuring they have the best possible chances in life. The four policy...

FAMILY PORTRAIT: Single parent families and transitions over time

The University of Sheffield has published a series of policy briefings on working against the challenges faced by children and ensuring they have the best possible chances in life. The four policy...

STOP THE CLOCK: How can we prevent young carers undertaking inappropriate or excessive care?

The University of Sheffield has published a series of policy briefings on working against the challenges faced by children and ensuring they have the best possible chances in life. The four policy...

CARE PROCEEDINGS IN ENGLAND: the case for clear blue water

The University of Sheffield has published a series of policy briefings on working against the challenges faced by children and ensuring they have the best possible chances in life. The four policy...

SWU Newsletter November 2018

Letter template BASW Cymru (English)

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

Working conditions - Cymru campaign flyer (English)

Siblings, contact and the law: an overlooked relationship?

Routine decision making in the Family Courts can have a significant impact on children and young people’s sibling relationships. The impact is most profound in care and adoption proceedings in public...

Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Violence Against Women and Girls and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) – 2018 Report on Progress

Protecting women and girls from violence and abuse, and supporting victims and survivors remain key priorities for this Government. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious crime and has...

“It’s no exaggeration to say that reading can transform British society…”

Authors: Sacha Hilhorst, Alan Lockey and Tom Speight Demos carried out research over the summer of 2018 to assess the potential impact of reading on several great challenges of our time: loneliness,...

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Is Wales Fairer?

‘Is Wales Fairer? 2018’ is the most comprehensive review of how we, in Wales, are performing on equality and human rights. Looking at all areas of life, including education, work, living standards,...

Is Britain Fairer 2018?

Our report ‘Is Britain Fairer? 2018’ is the most comprehensive review of how we, as a nation, are performing on equality and human rights. Looking across all areas of life, including education, work...

Is Scotland Fairer?

‘Is Scotland Fairer? 2018’ is the Scottish supplement to our state-of-the-nation report on equality and human rights covering England, Scotland and Wales, ‘Is Britain Fairer? 2018’. This review sets...

Prevention is better than cure

This document sets out a vision for putting prevention at the heart of our nation's health. Our mission is to improve healthy life expectancy so that, by 2035, we are enjoying at least five extra...

Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS)

This report contains England level findings from the Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS). User experience information is critical for understanding the impact of services, for...

Safeguarding Pressures Phase 6

In a country that works for all children every child should be able to say, ‘I am safe’ and ‘I am happy’. Whilst this is true for the majority, a growing number of children need help to secure their...

Safeguarding Pressures Phase 1

Safeguarding related pressures on local authority children’s services departments has been a subject of much discussion and media attention since the death of Baby Peter was reported in November 2008...
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Policy, Ethics & Human Rights Committee (PEHR) Minutes 5th March 2018
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Policy, Ethics & Human Rights Committee (PEHR) Minutes 21st May 2018
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Policy, Ethics & Human Rights Committee (PEHR) Minutes 10th July 2018
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International Committee minutes 26th March 2018
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International Committee minutes 4th June 2018

University of Stirling - Responding to Unaccompanied Minors in Scotland

Following the provisions of the 2016 Immigration Act to permit the transfer of unaccompanied children the Scottish Government, COSLA, and local authorities have entered into negotiations with the...
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International Committee minutes 10th September 2018
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Policy, Ethics & Human Rights Committee (PEHR) Minutes 11th September 2018

Who knows what about me?

This report draws attention to the vast amounts of data collected about children growing up today and the ways in which it might shape their lives – not just in the short term, but also in the future...

Children’s data and privacy online: Exploring the evidence

Authors: Sonia Livingstone and Mariya Stoilova To provide evidence on children’s understandings, practices & vulnerabilities To enhance support by developing an online toolkit for children To...

Support for care leavers

Authors: Nerys Roberts, Tim Jarrett; Tom Powell; Steven Kennedy; Manjit Gheera; Rachael Harker and Wendy Wilson This briefing paper provides general background on the development of Government...

LGBTI Inclusive Education Working Group

The LGBTI Inclusive Education Working Group recognises the efforts of some schools and local authorities to be increasingly LGBTI inclusive and values the roles of the third sector in supporting this...

Just out having a good time?

Authors: Leanne McIver and Vicki Welch Looked After Children who go missing from Residential and Foster Care in Scotland is a Partnership Agreement between Police Scotland and local authority...

Social Security Experience Panels: Initial findings on the development of the Young Carer Grant

Between February 2018 and August 2018, Scottish Government researchers held 16 focus groups with more than 50 young carers, to hear about their experiences and views on the development of a new grant...

Nitty Drugs & Broken Trust

While a small group in number, the young people in secure settings in England are some of our most vulnerable, and deserve the highest levels of care we can offer. NHS England, looking to understand...

Mums and Babies in Mind

Author: Sally Hogg Mums and Babies in Mind (MABIM) was a three year, Big Lottery Funded project hosted by the Mental Health Foundation on behalf of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. • The project...

Shining a light Volume 3: Children’s Services Essay Collection

Authors: Harvey Gallagher, Colin Green, Steve Kay, Ebony Hughes, Marion Ingram and Mark Owers I am delighted to introduce ‘Shining a Light’, our third collection of children’s services essays. This...

LGBT in Britain

Despite the strides we’ve made towards LGBT equality in recent years, many LGBT people still face significant barriers to leading healthy, happy and fulfilling lives in Britain today. This report,...

Briefing: Understanding the health care needs of people with multiple health conditions

Authors: Mai Stafford, Adam Steventon, Ruth Thorlby, Rebecca Fisher, Catherine Turton and Sarah Deeny The NHS faces a mismatch between demand and resources. This has led to year-round pressures on...

Budget 2018: What it means for health and social care

The Chancellor re-stated the government’s commitment to a multi-year funding settlement over the next 5 years. At the time of the announcement this amounted to £20.5bn extra for NHS England by 2023/...

Can we improve the survey representation of non-resident parents, and collect robust data on reasons for separation?

Authors: Caroline Bryson and Stephen McKay At any one time, there are more than four million children living in separated families in the UK. A Nuffield Foundation report published last year...

BREXIT and the Health & Social Care Workforce in the UK

Authors: Peter Dolton, David Nguyen, Maria Castellanos and Heather Rolfe The UK’s H&SC workforce is under considerable strain to provide services for an ageing population with increasingly...

BASW England Consultation Response: The Lives We Want to Lead. The LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing.

The British Association of Social Workers is the strong and independent voice for social work with over 20,000 members. BASW welcomes the opportunity to join the consultation regarding the LGA paper...

Britain’s Brexit hopes, fears and expectations

Authors: John Curtice, Muslihah Albakri, Allison Dunatchik and Neil Smith Relatively little research has been done on voters’ perceptions of the long-term consequences of Brexit or what it is...

Improving access and continuity in general practice

Authors: William Palmer, Nina Hemmings, Rebecca Rosen, Eilís Keeble, Sally Williams and Candace Imison As the Improving Access to General Practice programme rolls out across England – with additional...

Understanding childhood adversity, resilience and crime

What have ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) got to do with Justice? Everything. This paper sets out a summary of the evidence on the links between childhood adversity and victimisation and...

Prison Health: Twelfth Report of Session 2017–19

The state of health and care in English prisons The Government is failing in its duty of care towards people detained in England’s prisons. Too many prisoners remain in unsafe, unsanitary and...

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