The Social Work Policy Panel is jointly run by the Scottish Association of Social Work, the Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser, and Social Work Scotland. The panel was created to bring together experienced frontline workers, newly qualified workers, students and policy makers in Government to address the issues affecting social work today. It is an opportunity to influence those policy makers and the future of social work with your experience and knowledge.
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 3nd 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.
Fostering Support Group
New!
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.
A place to express experiences and reflections.
Neurodivergent student, NQ, and ASYE social workers in the UK
A sub-group of the Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group, (NSW SIG)
Time
Tuesday, 10th September 2024 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Joining details will be sent out on the day of the meeting around midday.
Cost
Free of charge
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Join BASW Northern Ireland for this 1 hour Community of Practice where we will be joined by guest speaker Rosalyn Millar.
Rosalyn is a PhD candidate from Queen’s University Belfast. Her research focuses on domestic abuse and society’s understanding of coercive control, and it’s impacts. Her PhD and associated research will adopt a whole-systems approach and in collaboration with Women’s Aid, aims to produce victim-informed organisation and policy recommendations to better support victims of domestic abuse. She will be presenting a paper produced by herself, Caoilfhionn Hardy and Dr.
Social Work on Ageing Special Interest Group
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.
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.
The BASW Southwest Regional Branch would like to welcome you to this session, presented by Chris Norman, who is the Area Practice Manager (Carers) and Carers Employee Network Lead, Adult Care in Dorset Council. This session is open to non-members.
This session will look at the results of the recent Carers Challenge, set out by ADASS in November 23. It will consider coproduction, integrated Health and Social Care systems, what good looks like and what we can do to improve Carers lives and outcomes.
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.
Community Social Work Special Interest Group (CSW SIG)
Time
Tuesday, 17th September 2024 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Joining details will be sent out on the day of the meeting around midday
Cost
• Free for members
• Non-members = £4.80 (inc VAT) admin fee.
If you are experiencing any issues booking on to this event, please contact
policyadmin@basw.co.uk
Professional Development Hours
1.00
COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORK: THE BIGGER PICTURE
Internationally, Community Social Work (CSW) is not thought to be dead in the water.
Join BASW Northern Ireland for this 1 hour Community of Practice where we will be joined by Professor Paula McFadden and Emertia Professor Mary McColgan who will present on their research and analysis of children’s and older people social work staffing levels in Northern Ireland. This is an opportunity for BASW NI members to explore the findings of the study which asked How can safe staffing levels be established for children’s and older people’s services in social work?
Delivered by Dr Sarah Foster via MS Teams
In this session we will look at what ideas from attachment theory are useful to draw on in child welfare practice. We will also look at how we can best draw on these in our practice.
The session will provide attendees with up-to-date practice relevant ideas and findings from attachment theory, as well as ideas on how to use these in children & families practice.
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.
For NQSWs and Social Workers Seeking Employment Need support with your social work job applications or interviews?
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.