Student and newly qualified Social Workers face a deluge of challenges and pressures during a period of intense learning and challenge. On occasions they may feel isolated or not clear about who they can talk to or where they can seek support.
The purpose of the Forum is to have a safe, comfortable, positive and confidential space for student and newly qualified Social Workers to meet their peers, support each other and to share and explore ideas and experiences.
If you are an independent social worker with experience of social work input in later life, please join us. Our aims are to share learning, support each other and increase the potential of independent social work in later life.
This group plan to meet quarterly and is member led.
Networks are hosted virtually across the UK with all BASW Independents* members welcome to register and attend any sessions regardless of location.
*Current members that subscribe to the Independents Basic or Plus package. Members in a general working category are also welcome to attend.
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.
“Hearing from Practice: Real Talk”, a brand-new monthly series where frontline social workers share honest insights into their roles, challenges, and the moments that make it all worthwhile. No scripts. No sugar-coating. Just real talk from real practitioners. Ask your questions directly and get a genuine glimpse into the day-to-day realities of social work across different fields.
Join us for this celebratory event which looks at how the Capabilities Statements and the accompanying toolkit resources, for Social Work with Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities, have been used to support practice over the last five years.
Background
• The Department for Health and Social care commissioned the development of the Capabilities Statements for social work with people with learning disabilities and social work with autistic people in recognition that there has never been any national guidance for social workers practising in this area.
Join this North Yorkshire branch event open to students and social workers, BASW members and non-members from across the region to find out
Speaker: Julie-Ann Ellenor
Topic: Health and wellbeing provision can help create positive environments where individuals and organisations can thrive.
The interactive workshop will explore: • The importance of wellbeing. • Show how you can support your own and others wellbeing. • Consider how measuring your personal resilience and taking positive action can improve your wellbeing.
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.
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 on the 3rd Friday of every month. BASW Independents Local Networks provide a space to create and nurture valuable professional links with other self-employed social workers in your region.
These informal meetings are fully member-led and supported centrally by BASW, with the opportunity to share hot topics and collaborate on wider activities.
Many social workers practicing in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VSCE) sector do not work alongside other social workers and may not have an opportunity to reflect on their practice with other Social Workers using social work frameworks.
The purpose of this Support Forum is to have a safe, positive, solution focussed and confidential space for social workers employed in the VSCE sector to meet their peers, provide support to each other and to discuss and explore issues that arise.
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 BASW Southwest Regional Branch would like to welcome you to this session presented by Tommy Henderson-Reay from the Digitising Social Care Programme.
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 on the 3rd Friday of every month. BASW Independents Local Networks provide a space to create and nurture valuable professional links with other self-employed social workers in your region.
These informal meetings are fully member-led and supported centrally by BASW, with the opportunity to share hot topics and collaborate on wider activities.