A UK-wide Special Interest Group, taking a lead on issues related to later life, and challenging ageism
Are you interested in social work with older people? BASW has set up a UK-wide Special Interest Group to take a lead on issues related to later life, including challenging ageism. The group will be a social work voice for policy and practice change, alongside older people.
Joining details will be sent out on the day of the meeting around midday. Cost Free of charge
A session uniquely designed and delivered by Siobhan MacLean online via MS teams, with limited class sizes to allow for a fully interactive experience.
SASW brings you Next Steps, part of our Skills and Knowledge programme supporting your CPL. Next Steps sessions combine theory, research and policy with practice tools and strategies to enhance and improve your practice. These sessions build on your existing knowledge and are ideal for experienced social workers looking to invigorate and strengthen their practice.
Skills & Knowledge : Next Steps – Poverty, public protection and social justice
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.
Yo Dunn, author of “Social Work with Autistic People” and Jo Minchin, who are both members of National Autistic Task Force in partnership with the BASW Black Country Branch, will lead this in person event at the Workspace The Work Space, All Saints Rd, Wolverhampton WV2 2AW. More speakers to be announced in the coming weeks. This event is FREE to all, due to a bug in our system it may ask you for some payment information when booking, please be assured no payment will be taken.
Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams.
Since the implementation of the Care Act 2014, working with adults who may be at risk of harm and undertaking safeguarding adults’ enquiries has seen a shift in emphasis from process to personalised responses.
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.
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!
The mindfulness-based social work and self-care (MBSWSC) programme focusses on improving social work practice and self-care. It is a programme which has developed a strong evidence base for its effectiveness at reducing stress, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation of service users, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and improving well-being and a range of social work practice skills and competencies.
Join the BASW England Children and Families Thematic Group for these lunchtime sessions in conversation with specialists across the sector. The BASW Children and Families Thematic Group address issues that arise, concerning social work with children and families, within England. Group members hold expertise across social work policy, practice, research, and education. In these lunchtime seminars group members will be in conversation with specialists from across the sector. BASW members are warmly invited to join in the conversations.