BASW England's Social Work with Disabled Children Sub-group responds to DFE’s consultation regarding the use of
‘reasonable’ force and restrictive practices in education.
This Guide brings together best practice on age assessment, useful techniques and information as well as exploring the relationship between existing and new legislation on age assessment and the implications.
This brief guidance has been compiled to support social workers in formulating a response to families, following round table events that identified the wide range of social work settings where social workers were responding with limited guidance and training.