BASW NI has briefed the Northern Ireland Assembly Education Committee calling for up-to-date guidance aimed at minimising the use of restraint and preventing the use of seclusion for children with additional needs in educational settings.
As a community-based Social Worker for Adult Social Care, I normally visit residential care homes on a regular basis. That changed in February this year when the fears around COVID-19 grew and the care homes voluntarily began to close their doors to “non-essential visitors”.
BASW England welcomes the candid analysis in ADASS' recently released report Themes and Learning from ADASS Members on the Local Response to COVID-19 in Spring and Early Summer 2020.