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Finding and exploring young children’s fascinations

This guidance draws on current research evidence and practitioner case studies to explore how each child’s unique strengths, interests, aptitudes and passions can be recognised, celebrated and...

Learning, Playing and Interacting

Babies and young children are powerful learners, reaching out into the world and making sense of their experiences with other people, objects and events. As they explore and learn, children are...

Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

This non-statutory guidance material supports practitioners in implementing the statutory requirements of the EYFS.

Building Futures: Developing Trust

This guidance invites practitioners across the whole range of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) settings to reflect on the quality of their provision for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children...

Helping older people engage with benefits and services: an evaluation of the Partnership Fund

This report presents the findings of the evaluation of the Pension Service Partnership Fund that aimed to examine the implementation, delivery and outcomes of the Fund, and contribute to a better...

Links between juvenile sexually abusive behaviour and emerging severe personality disorder traits in childhood

Young people presenting with sexually abusive behaviour (SAB) are referred to in this study as juvenile sexual abusers (JSAs). Sexually abusive behaviour refers to any acts of sexual behaviour...

Attitudes, values and perceptions

The report examines a range of attitudes, perceptions and behaviours including engagement, cohesion, interaction, identity, trust and perceptions of prejudice and discrimination. Findings for Muslims...

Spot the signs

Barnardo’s has published the set of advice leaflets, available to download below for parents, professionals and young people across the UK.Sexual exploitation affects thousands of children and young...

Alcohol and Older People - Essential Information for Social Workers

Whilst older people generally drink less than younger generations, the number of older people who experience alcohol related problems is increasing as a consequence of our ageing population and...

Children, Families and Alcohol Use - Essential Information for Social Workers

This guide aims to support Social Workers in their practice with people who use alcohol and who have families. While it focuses on preventing alcoholrelated harm to children, harm to other dependents...

Mental Health and Substance Use - Essential Information for Social Workers

This guide seeks to support Social Workers in their practice with people who use substances and who experience mental distress. It will also be relevant for other social and health care professionals...

Life Satisfaction and Material Well-being of Children in the UK

This paper explores whether child life satisfaction is associated with household income and a range of other indicators of material well-being introduced to help monitor child well-being in the UK...

Between a rock and a hard place

The family should be a place of love and safety for all family members. This is not the reality for a significant number of adults and children whose safety is violated by abuse and violence within...

Children first: the child protection system in England

The child protection system in England has been subject to much scrutiny in recent years. The Munro report is a major step forward, and there have been significant and very positive developments and...

Children and Young People: Rights to Action

In November 2000, the Welsh Assembly Government published Children and Young People: A Framework for Partnership. That began with a commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the...

Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action

Social services are at the heart of Welsh public life. They support 150,000 young, old, and disabled people every year to achieve their potential and help make them safe. Many of these services are...

Migrant workers in long term care: evidence from England on trends, pay and profile

This Issue of the Social Care Workforce Periodical continues the analysis of the contribution of migrant care workers in the English social care sector, particularl y in the long term care sector. In...

Citizenship Survey

The Citizenship Survey (formerly known as the Home Office Citizenship Survey, or HOCS) has been commissioned every two years since 2001. Approximately 10,000 adults in England and Wales (plus an...

Childcare Act 2006

An Act to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities and other bodies in England in relation to the improvement of the well-being of young children; to make provision about the...

BASW Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Policy

The purpose of this policy is to clarify what BASW considers to be the professional rights and responsibilities of social workers in relation to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the...

Research into gang-associated sexual exploitation and sexual violence: Interim Report

The research into children and young people’s experiences of gang-associated sexual exploitation and sexual violence is exploring: • The scale and nature of the issue in the specific areas of England...

Requirements for Social Work Training

The standards for the award of the social work degree are outcome statements that set out what a student social worker must know, understand and be able to do to be awarded the degree in social work...

Final report of the pan-London Safeguarding Children Culture and Faith Project

This report summarises key findings from the Pan-London Safeguarding Children Culture and Faith Project (the London C&F Project), which sought to promote a stepchange in safeguarding London’s...

National action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief: Executive Summary

This is not about challenging people’s beliefs, but where beliefs lead to abuse that must not be tolerated. This plan aims to address certain kinds of child abuse linked to faith or belief. This...

National action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief

This action plan is intended to help raise awareness of the issue of child abuse linked to faith or belief and to encourage practical steps to be taken to prevent such abuse. It has been developed...

Indicators of quality of care in general practices in England

There is widespread consensus in the UK and internationally that developing information on the quality of health care is essential to help make improvements to care; that making such information...

Care and compassion?

I am laying before Parliament, under section 14(4) of the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (as amended), this report of ten investigations into complaints made to me as Health Service Ombudsman...

Newly Qualified Social Worker Programme: final evaluation report (2008 to 2011)

The Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) programme was originally established in 2008 as a three year project involving the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) working with employers to...

Working for the Agency

Commissioned as part of the Department of Health’s ‘Social Care Workforce Research Initiative’, this report describes the role and significance of temporary employment agencies in the adult social...

A guide for service providers on service provision for black and minority ethnic (BME) older people

We are living in an increasingly multiethnic and multi-cultural society and it is both the legal and moral responsibility of organisations providing a service to the public to ensure that all...

International Social Care Workers in England

This study explored the use and experiences of international social workers in England, within a complex and potentially national and international policy context.

Teenage Pregnancy Strategy: Beyond 2010

This document sets out how we want to build on the key planks of the existin Strategy so that all young people: • receive the information, advice and support they need – from parents, teachersand...

Neglect Matters

The neglect of adolescents involves many aspects of their lives – for example, what happens within their families, in particular as they become young adults; their health and wellbeing; or their...

Supporting children with challenging behaviour through a nurture group approach

This survey examines the use of nurture groups and related provision in a small sample of 29 infant, first and primary schools. Nurture groups are small, structured teaching groups for pupils showing...

Evaluation of The ‘You First’ Programme For Young Parents

You First was developed by Barnardo’s and funded by the Scottish Government. It targets vulnerable parents aged 21 and under, with a child under the age of one, who live in the 15% most deprived...

Funding local voluntary and community action

This report is in two parts. The first sets out the findings of a survey of NAVCA members, which demonstrates the effects that the public spending cuts are having on local support and development...

Letting Children be Children

Nearly nine out of 10 parents surveyed for this Review agreed with the statement that ‘these days children are under pressure to grow up too quickly’ (TNS Omnibus survey, 2011). This confirms what...

Health and access to health care of migrants in the UK

The health status of migrants and their access to health care are key indicators, alongside housing, employment and education, of their ‘integration’ within receiving societies. Health is also...

The health of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK

The health status of Gypsies and Travellers is much poorer than that of the general population, even when controlling for confounding factors such as variable socio-economic status and/or ethnicity...

Social Work Qualifications and Regulation in European Economic Area (EEA)

This report provides detailed information on social work regulation, registration process, education and training (including practice placements), fitness to practise and other valuable information...

Protecting Disabled Children: Thematic Inspection

This thematic inspection was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of work to protect disabled children and young people at all stages from early support to the identification of and response to...

Protecting Disabled Children: Thematic Inspection

This thematic inspection was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of work to protect disabled children and young people at all stages from early support to the identification of and response to...

The abuse, neglect and mistreatment of older people in care homes and hospitals in England: observations on the potential for secondary data analysis

This study has investigated what sources of data exist on the subject of elder abuse in care home and hospital settings in England. It was commissioned by the Department of Health and Comic Relief...

SASW 2005, July Response to 21st Century Review of Social Work 2nd Consultation

BASW would like to see us build positively on our achievements with a sense of perspective on the already overemphasised negative developments in social services. We need to create a positive working...

SASW 2008, May Response to: Changes to the fitness requirements for Providers, Managers and Employees in care services regulated by the Care Commission Introduction

BASW welcomes the consultation on the proposed changes to the fitness requirements for people who provide care services regulated by the Care Commission. BASW believes that people are capable of...

SASW 2009, September Response to the consultation on The Role of the Social Worker In Contributing Better Outcomes for Scotland

BASW welcomes the consultation on the proposed Guidance about the Social Workers contribution to the overall work of the social services in Scotland. There are four main concerns that we have in...

SASW 2011 Does the regulatory system ensure care services for older people are providing good quality and appropriate care?

SASW is the association for those professionals working in Scotland in social work services who register with the SSSC. Membership includes those who work in community and residential settings. The...

SASW 2012, Februarty Visting Committees Response

The Scottish Association of Social Work fully supports any reform that will promote the welfare of prisoners that will contribute to their successful return to the community. Our members who work in...

SASW 2012, February: Response to Health and Sport Committee Scottish Parliament Inquiry into Integration of Health and Social Care

The Scottish Association of Social Work represents social workers, many offering frontline services throughout Scotland. They work in both rural and urban communities and often are the gateway to...

SASW 2011, October: Response to: The Integration of Health and Social Care Services in Scotland

The Scottish Association of Social Work fully supports any reform that will help people find a simple path through the complexity of health and social care services, We are currently involved in a...

Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

An Act to make further provision for promoting social welfare in Scotland; to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to the care and protection of children; to amend the law relating...

SASW 2012, February: Response to consultation Public Services Reform and Local Government

SASW is the professional association for social workers in Scotland. Most of our members work in local government or in partner organisations that help deliver some of the services designed by...

SASW 2011, September: Response to Safeguarder Panel Regulations 2012

Social workers have been constantly examined in child protection work through many public enquiries following child deaths. The role of the Safeguarder was first conceived in the light of the Maria...

SASW 2009, March Respone to: Improving the Lives of Children in Scotland - are we there yet?

BASW welcomes the Scottish Government proposals to comply with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this response we will comment on the issues that are of particular concern to Social...

Using Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens: A Framework for Action

One of the greatest opportunities of the 21st century is the potential to safely harness the power of the technology revolution, which has transformed our society, to meet the challenges of improving...

NIASW 2012 Response to the DHSSPSNI Review of HSC Bursary Scheme in Northern Ireland

NIASW's response to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety's consultation on Student Bursaries for Nursing and Midwifery.

NIASW 2012 DHSSPSNI Generic Standards for Service Frameworks

These standards have been chosen for inclusion in all current and new Service Frameworks as we believe they reflect a range of general priorities in health and social care.

NIASW 2012 DHSSPSNI Proposed Statutory Rule – The Mental Health (Private Hospitals) Regulations

A consulation on whether the provisions of the Mental Health (NI) Order 1986 should be extended to include private hospitals

NIASW 2011 Response to the draft Service Framework for Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Department of Health is developing a range of service frameworks which set out explicit standards for health and social care that are evidence based and are capable of being measured. The Service...

A 10 year strategy for social work in Northern Ireland 2010-2020

Social workers are an important part of a caring society. At any one time over 190,000 people in Northern Ireland (NI) are in contact with adult and children’s social care services. Expenditure on...

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