Internationally, Community-based Social Work (CSW) is definitely NOT dead in the water.
Nations, continually facing country-wide disasters, know they need to support whole communities. We knew it too when Covid first hit us. Facebook groups helping local people sprang up everywhere. They have died down now because there are no resources to sustain the work.
Supported by BASW, the Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group (NSW SIG) is a SIG for neurodivergent social workers, and professionals within social care.
If you are a social worker who is neurodivergent, come and join us, let’s be the change and make our workplace neuro-inclusive! This vibrant, active SIG meets online, usually on MS Teams, on the last Tuesday of every month, 7pm till 8.30pm.
In this session we will explore what we mean by personal outcomes and some of the challenges and opportunities in recording them. We will also explore how we might use them as a catalyst for learning and practice development and how we maintain the voice of the person in our recording.
This session is FREE to BASW Cymru members however non-members may attend as a free taster session.
As part of the strategic commitment to addressing and reducing the persistent racial disparities within the youth justice system, Keith Fraser will discuss the importance of partnership working and a whole system approach. This aims to foster more equitable outcomes for children from all ethnicities and backgrounds, with a focus on disrupting the path towards offending and dismantling the barriers that contribute to racial inequalities, to create safer communities with fewer victims.
In November 2024 the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published their national review “I wanted them all to notice: Protecting children and responding to child sexual abuse within the family environment.” The findings of this national review highlight a systemic failure across all services to recognise and respond when children are at risk of, or are already, being sexually abused by someone in their family environment.
BASW members log into your account first to view the full list of forum dates and select from the events page: https://basw.co.uk/events
This forum is for BASW members who work with adults in a range of contexts, either as individuals or as part of a family and for social workers at every stage in their career.
This training is in two parts with the second session taking place on the 7th July. Please ensure you book a place for both sessions separately. If you need any help with booking a place on this event please email joanne.marciano@swu-union.org.uk
The idea for this group has organically grown from the BASW Independent Social Worker online FaceBook group, where people have been reaching out within the forum to share information, seek advice and guidance. Showing the need for a platform to discuss the positives and the issues impacting the fostering world. The responses have been very heartfelt and demonstrate the necessity of having a community support group, with a common theme of fostering assessments and the evolution of this work.
Are you a social work professional interested in coaching?
With more understanding of the value of coaching for social workers and various research projects currently looking at the impact of coaching for social workers, this is a hot topic.
We want to develop an international platform for those interested in coaching and social work to come together, share knowledge, and support a movement to demonstrate the effectiveness and need of coaching within social work.
This training is in two parts with the first session taking place on the 1st July at 10:30am. Please ensure you book a place for both sessions separately. If you need any help with booking a place on this event please email joanne.marciano@swu-union.org.uk
Join BASW England & SWU for this joint webinar with DHSC introducing the ASC Fair Pay Agreement for Social Workers.
What will we be talking to you about?
We are coming to talk to you about the Department’s work to introduce the first Fair Pay Agreement for adult social care staff and how it will affect you as a social worker. The Fair Pay Agreement will set minimum pay and other terms and conditions for workers in adult social care, and will be negotiated between employer and worker representatives.
IPA is a methodology for research that focuses on learning from lived experience. The course explores a holistic model of IPA that has a focus on creating new knowledge and making a difference for social work. IPA is ideal for practitioners and academics who want to gather rich data about the nature of people’s experiences and the meaning this has for people. The course would explore how IPA has a good fit with social work professional values and interventions offering an essential contribution to our work.
This presentation explores what happens when children, parents, and teachers give different answers about a young person’s mental health. Drawing on data from over 10,000 service users at a major London CAMHS provider, it looks at what predicts these differences and whether they affect attendance at mental health services.
The talk offers practical insights for clinicians working with complex family dynamics and assessment data.
This will be of interest to those working with children and those working in mental health and will count towards your CPD.
Neurodivergent Student, NQ and ASYE social workers A sub-group of the NSW SIG
A safe community space for neurodivergent (ND) student social workers, ASYE and newly qualified social workers (NQSW) in the UK.
Please note that this is a safe space for peer support only, and not for CPD purposes. If you are unsure whether you may join this community, please email Helen Randle on policyadmin@basw.co.uk in the first instance. Many thanks.