BASW CEO Dr Ruth Allen marks national Hospital Social Work Day 2016… Some of my most formative and rewarding work experiences have been in hospital settings, specifically on mental health
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This December 7th we will see a national day of celebration for Hospital social work, the practice and the social workers that make it happen. As we again enter into
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has briefed the Northern Ireland Assembly Health Committee to highlight the pressures facing social work and to detail changes required to support
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have revised the Standards in Social Work Education (SiSWE), which underpin social work degree programmes in Scotland, to make sure they reflect the many
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The View from Here project are seeking contributions from practitioners to express their experiences of working in social services through poetry. The project, from the Institute for Research and Innovation
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Sixteen inspiring social workers have been honoured for their commitment to social work and described as “tremendous role models” for the profession after they took home the top prizes at
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One of the first appointments for Northern Ireland’s new Deputy Chief Social Work Officer in NI was meeting with the team at the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. NISCC Chief
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Northern Ireland’s social workers have been honoured at the 2016 Social Work Awards ceremony in Armagh this week. Hosted for the first time by the Southern Health and Social Care
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This guidance replaces the Scottish Government’s national guidance Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment (2007). Safer recruitment is about properly examining the skills, experience, qualifications and values of potential staff in
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A new paper from the Social Care Institute for Excellence looks at three hypothetical future scenarios, and how the sector might respond to the challenges and opportunities those scenarios offer
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