Practice Workshops
Beyond the Local Authority: Using Social Work Skills to Strengthen and Create Third Sector Safeguarding Practice
Janet Ayoola
Solution Focused Practice for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) - Skills for Promoting Autonomy and Choice
Nick Perry
From care experience to social work - the importance of support for young people leaving the care system
Veronica Thomas, Are U Prepared Ltd
Life Story Work in Social Work Practice: Real Clarity, Real Impact
Kim Matthews and Laura Neal, The Behaviour Clinic
From Capacity to Context: Reframing Relationships and Responses with Parents involved with Safeguarding Systems
Dr Lynne Cairns, Molly Manister and Rachael Owens, Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding, Durham University
Social Work in the NHS: Examples of innovative practice
Clare Rotherham, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
When peer support really matters: Supporting local Self-directed Support practice and implementation through a national Community of Practice
Dr Jane Kellock and Donna Murray, Social Work Scotland
Research Workshops
'You can't eat salad with a spoon': what social workers say they need - exploring practitioner research in practice
Claire Yates, Canterbury Christ Church University
Professional leadership in social work: dilemmas and debates
Professor Robin Miller and Sharanya Mahesh, University of Birmingham; Kemyn Whervin, ADASS; and Gavin Butler, Cheshire West and Chester Councils
Balance and Boundaries – exploring how people remain in frontline social work practice
Dr Lindsay Giddings, The Open University
Exploring the underrepresentation of Black women in social work management and leadership in the UK
Christina Channer, MA, University of Bedford
Activism & Rights Based Practice Workshops
The Power of Decolonized Supervision: A New Vision for Social Work Practice
Dr Shabnam Ahmed, School of Shabs Ltd
A Practice Educator's Guide to Supporting Global Majority Social Work Students
Le’Siran Edwards, Black & Diverse Safeguarding Professionals CIC
Building learning cultures that work for everyone
Davie Donaldson and Emily Whyte, The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss)
Careers Workshops
Beyond Pass or Fail: Supporting Social Work Students Across the Placement Continuum
Tonimarie Benaton, Social Work Education and Training
Using Generative AI (GenAI) safely and ethically
Dr Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Independents Symposium
BASW Independents Committee