Join this North Yorkshire branch event open to students and social workers, BASW members and non-members from across the region to find out more about the innovative and vital work of the St Giles Trust, a social justice charity supporting young people and women across the region.
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 webinar, the Brain Injury Social Work Group (BISWG) will present work carried out by the Heads Together research team, which includes people with lived experience, sharing findings and key messages into social work career-long education.
The term ‘acquired brain injury’ (ABI) refers to any injury to the brain that occurs after birth and can have a lifelong impact on mental health, employment, relationships and capacity. It also affects carers and communities with the effects being both individual to the person as well as lifelong. No two people are the same.
Are you a BASW member who is either a social worker or student working with adults or working with families?
Then this is the forum for you!
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. The BASW England Adult Social Work Forums are back for 2025!
Share your experiences of studying or starting your social work career in Scotland as a new graduate - good or bad- with fellow students and NQSWs. Let’s reflect on topics and work on solutions in a supportive informal environment. All welcome!
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.
The panel is jointly run by the Scottish Association of Social Work, the Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser, and Social Work Scotland. The panel was created to bring together experienced frontline workers, newly qualified workers, students and policy makers in Government to address the issues affecting social work today. It is an opportunity to influence those policy makers and the future of social work with your experience and knowledge.
This online forum is for NQSWs, social workers looking for their first employed role in England or a change in role and those looking to return to the profession after a career break.
This online forum is for social workers looking for their first employed social work role in England or for those who are looking to return to the profession after a career break. You may also find the session helpful if you have been in the same role for a long time and are now applying for alternative social work jobs.
The Department for Education is consulting on its proposals to introduce new 2 year Post Qualifying Standards for Children and Families Social Workers.
We would like to invite members to attend a BASW on-line focus group to help us hear the views of our members. We will then use your views to prepare BASW’s formal response to the consultation.
This BASW England Focus Group will be on line and we are inviting the DfE to attend to give you the opportunity to both ask them your questions and share your views.
To provide members raising policy-related motions with a forum for fuller debate and discussion. This GM will be constituted in line with our Articles of Association and motions voted on in the GM will have the same status as motions previously taken to the AGM.
The Policy GM is an opportunity for members to come together to discuss and deliberate key issues.
Members will be able to vote on properly submitted motions. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams.
Cultural Curiosity in Relationship Based Practice for NQSWs meets the following National Standards:
England: PCF2 – Values and Ethics, PCF3 – Diversity, PCF4 Rights and Justice, PCF7 Interventions and Skills, Adult PQS3 – Person-Centred Practice , Childrens PQS1 – Relationships and Direct Work
This exciting session has been planned in collaboration between the Chief Social Workers office, DHSC and BASW England. We will welcome a number of speakers who will explore how racial inequalities shape access to, experiences of and outcomes from services.
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.