Entry to this online event is FREE for SWU members and voting facilities will be provided during the meeting. When booking your free place: at the Payment Method section please select "Credit Card" and you will be given the option to sign up to the event for free. If you need support registering for this event please contact joanne.marciano@swu-union.org.uk.
Registration deadline: SWU members must register by 12pm (noon) on Thursday September 26th to attend this AGM.
Join students and social workers from across the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire region for this unique seminar and CPD event.
You are invited to an exclusive event to meet the dedicated team behind Heathrow Travel Care: a team of social workers and an emergency planning manager based at Heathrow Airport.
The service they provide is crucial in supporting vulnerable people from around the world, addressing issues such as homelessness, mental health concerns, victim support, repatriations, and safeguarding during humanitarian crises.
Following a 20-month review of the children’s hearings system, Hearings for Children: The report of the Hearings System Working Group was published on 25 May 2023. The Scottish Government are now undertaking a consultation exercise seeking views on the proposals for a redesign of the Childrens’ Hearing System which will aim to improve the experience of children, young people and families who need compulsory supervision to support safe care. The proposals are wide ranging with implications for social workers across a range of measures.
Share your experiences of studying or starting your social work career in Scotland as a new graduate - good or bad- with fellow students and NQSWs. Let’s reflect on topics and work on solutions in a supportive informal environment. All welcome!
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 2nd Tuesday 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. For 2024, these informal meetings will be fully member-led and supported centrally by BASW, with the opportunity to share hot topics and collaborate on wider activities.
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 1st Monday 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. For 2024, these informal meetings will be fully member-led and supported centrally by BASW, with the opportunity to share hot topics and collaborate on wider activities.
Part of BASW’s CPD Programme for Practice Educators & Assessors
A session uniquely designed by Siobhan Maclean, delivered on MS Teams. Suitable for Practice Educators – (PEPS / PE Assessors, PEPS / PE Mentors, PEPS / PE Coordinators, Practice Mentor Assessors) and Practice Assessors (ASYE Assessors, NQSW Assessors, PAs of NQSWs, PAs of ASYEs, Supervisors of NQSWs, Supervisors of ASYEs)
We will be holding our annual meeting which will be chaired by England Chair, Vava Tampa and Jackie Mahoney, England Vice Chair. This is your opportunity to hear about some of the work BASW England has led on over the last year and also to share your perspectives and help shape our future activities. This event can contribute to your CPD.
Join our next Community of Practice on 9.10.24 at 12.30 – 2pm. At this online event celebrating World Mental Health Day. Confirmed speakers from across the UK include , Lisa Morrison - a researcher and person with lived experience of the Mental Health system, and Jill Hemmington - Senior Lecturer and Course leader for AMHP training. Each contributor will share their perspective on the theme of Moral Distress amongst Social Workers. We will also have a presentation by Siobhan O’Neill. Siobhan is Northern Ireland’s first Mental Health Champion, a role unique across the UK nations.
In this webinar, the Brain Injury Social Work Group (BISWG) will present work carried out by the Heads Together research team, which includes people with lived experience, sharing findings and key messages into social work career-long education.
The term ‘acquired brain injury’ (ABI) refers to any injury to the brain that occurs after birth and can have a lifelong impact on mental health, employment, relationships and capacity. It also affects carers and communities with the effects being both individual to the person as well as lifelong. No two people are the same.
This forum is for BASW members who work with adults in a range of contexts, either as individuals or as part of a family and for social workers at every stage in their career. This forum will enable you to explore approaches to practice using a range of theory, policy, law, practice models and approaches, including a human rights-based perspective to re-connect with social work values and ethics.