The Social Work with Disabled Children Sub-Group is a new group made up of BASW England members with a special interest in this area of social work.
This is a sub-group of the BASW England Children and Families Thematic Group which both reports to and supports that group by considering areas of practice, policy and professional development that are specific to social work practice with disabled children & young people and their families.
The group is keen to attract some new members with front line social work experience of supporting disabled children, particular from Social Workers working in generic children’s teams
Email england@basw.co.uk for more information about how to get involved.
Current priority areas include:
- Responding to the Law Commissions consultation of social care law for disabled children
- You can find our response to the consultation here
- Safeguarding disabled children, including considering current or recent practice reviews, such as those at:
- Responding to consultations on restrictive practices with disabled children
- Click here for our response to the DfE’s consultation on the use of reasonable force in education
- Issues of disproportionality that particularly impact on disabled children
- Social work with Autistic and neurodivergent children
- Working with other organisations active in this area of practice
Members of the Group
Chair: Sarah Goff
Members: Ana Olea Fernández, Chris Bush, Helen Wood, Hazel Griffiths, Janet Ayoola, June Thoburn
Professional Officer Support: Andrew Reece