Social Work in Child Protection: Professional Practice Programme
Prepare to be inspired with highly practical, research-based training that will equip you with ideas to implement in your social work practice.
Following each session, participants will be provided with a summary information booklet and resources to assist application of learning from the topic.
This session will delve deep into managing resistance, denial, and confrontation in child protection. Conflict is unavoidable when parents are afraid or resistant, yet building relationships is essential.
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.
Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work: The evolution of ethical and moral practice in adoption Social Work
How do Social Workers make ethical decisions within historical and current societal norms?
From the 1950’s forced adoption for unmarried mothers through to Michael Gove’s ‘colour-blind’ reform of adoption guidance in 2012, how have social workers made decisions relating to adoption and how has the evolving moral and ethical context within which we make those decisions changed the way we make those decisions?
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.
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.
Centre for Mental Health has explored the role of inpatient services in mental health care, and the range of alternatives that could be developed to reduce reliance on beds. It has also set out a shared vision for mental health services over the next decade and explored a range of inequalities in our mental health care system. This talk will summarise those findings and open up discussion about what the vision for the next decade should look like and how we can get there.
Please join us for the next in our series of 4 Nation Communities of Practice for specialist Mental Health Practitioners on the 18th June - 12.30-1.30pm.
Our topic this time will be an exploration of Right Care Right Person (RCRP) which has been rolled out by some Police forces in England and Wales and will now be introduced in Northern Ireland. We will be joined by Michael Brown the MentalHealthCop who shares his views about RCRP on his popular blog of the same name.
BASW England Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Branch Presents: Through the gate - Collaborative working to build safer lives for women in prison, their families and our communities.
Lyn Shackleton is an Offender Manager, working for the Probation Service in Derbyshire.
BASW Independents Local Networks provide an excellent opportunity to build professional links with other self-employed social workers in your area. These meetings are currently virtual and held on MS Teams.
This group meets quarterly on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
As part of our onboarding series we will be delivering specialised focussed sessions throughout the year.
This session will be focussed on Professional Identity in Social Work for experienced social workers qualified for 5 years or more.
In this interactive session, Wayne Reid & Liz Howard (BASW England Professional Officers & Social Workers) will co-deliver a presentation that blends professional insights, social work experiences, practical solutions and constructive challenge.
This session will explore some of the challenges facing the sector in accessing Social Work Apprenticeships, focusing on the provision of ‘statutory task social work placements’ (often referred to as ‘Final’ placements), meeting the requirements of Social Work England. Lessons learned will be shared on the successful application of innovative approaches to widening access to Social Work Degree Apprenticeships, delivered at the University of Hertfordshire. Information will be provided on:
Join students and social workers from across North and West Yorkshire for this exciting and unique in person event designed to enable you to build connections and nurture your professional identify and to inform and educate supporting your continuous learning and development.
This joint branch event is open to BASW members and non-members, students, social workers and retired social workers living, working or studying in the North and West Yorkshire area. Speakers: Babalwa Nyengane (social worker) other speakers to be announced!