This interactive workshop will be chaired by BASW member Valerie Chopamba. We’ll explore how BASW members and student members have used our new Shades of Bias tool and reflect together on how it can be applied to different forms of discrimination in the workplace and in education.
Other speakers include Pauline Sergeant from the Black Professionals Symposium, Angela Agbala, Chair of the Student & NQSW group, and Jenni Burton from the Professional Capabilities and Development Group.
Join BASW members for an opportunity to spotlight and celebrate the varied and diverse roles that social workers undertake in communities, which play a key part in the prevention agenda. We will be joined by Chief Social Worker for Adults, Sarah McClinton.
We know that the prevention agenda is often referred to in terms of models which divert people from needing statutory services local authority services or NHS services, but today’s session will explore so much more than that.
A one-day course underpinned by research & knowledge, providing practical tools for social work assessment. Encouraging an enhanced level of self of self-awareness of the ethical dilemmas social workers face working with this client group.
Learning outcomes:-
To receive up to date empirical knowledge about sexual harm against children
To begin to use the risk & desistance hexagon as a tool for assessment
To increase self-awareness in relation to this complex area of practice
Join us for this year’s flagship SASW Conference, bringing together social workers, students, educators, and policymakers from across Scotland and beyond to reflect, share, and create change.
This one-day online event explores the role of activism in social work.
This course equips professionals with the skills to see beneath the surface, critically analyse a child's journey, and understand the deep and lasting impact of trauma. It also explores the experiences of those caring for children -acknowledging the challenges faced by parents and carers supporting a child with a trauma history. Participants will be encouraged to critically reflect on existing pathways and consider new, compassionate approaches that scaffold trauma-responsive, recovery-focused practices—benefiting the whole family and the world of the child.
Part of BASW’s Practice Educator & Practice Assessor CPD Programme Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams. Suitable for experienced Practice Educators – (PEPS / PE Assessors, PEPS / PE Mentors, PEPS / PE Coordinators, Practice Mentor Assessors) and experienced Practice Assessors (ASYE Assessors, NQSW Assessors, PAs of NQSWs, PAs of ASYEs, Supervisors of NQSWs, Supervisors of ASYEs).
This course will focus on English and Welsh legislation and case examples but the principles will be relevant to delegates nationwide.
Part of BASW's Taught Skills Development Programme
Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams.
This one-day programme is designed as a peer learning experience and refresher, providing detailed case law/practice updates and a reflective space to support those working in-depth with MCA and DoLS processes, BIA colleagues in practice, authorisers, and mental health assessors to explore these current issues in practice.
This training course to help social workers better understand the trials and tribulations of stepfamilies. The course is aimed at exploring the key differences, thinking about how and why stepchildren are harmed and what social workers can do to support these families. Offering insights into spotting early warning signs to prevent abuse, neglect and child deaths.
Research findings and practice experience provide compelling evidence that animal abuse in the context of domestic abuse is a tactic of coercive control and an act of animal cruelty (Arkow, 2014; Barrett et al, 2017; DeGue et al, 2009; Fitzgerald et al, 2019; Newberry, 2017; Richards, 2009, Wakeham, 2025). Although the link between domestic abuse and animal abuse is uncontested, it is an issue that is often not translated into practice.
Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams. Recording with Care Training for Students/NQSWs supports the Following National Requirements:
England: PCF7 – Interventions and Skills, Adult PQS6 – Effective Assessment and Outcome-Based Support Planning, , Childrens PQS7 – Analysis, Decision-Making, Planning and Review.
Scotland: CLE2 – Communication, engagement and relationship-based practice/ CLE3 – Critical Thinking, Professional Judgement and Decision-Making
Part of BASW's Taught Skills Development Programme
Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams.
This one-day programme is designed as a peer learning experience and refresher, providing detailed case law/practice updates and a reflective space to support those working in-depth with MCA and DoLS processes, BIA colleagues in practice, authorisers, and mental health assessors to explore these current issues in practice.
This training session is for social care practitioners working with children and young people to upskill themselves in terms of approaching complex trauma in young people.
The session will include sections relating to: • Defining trauma • Recognising symptoms, behaviours and trauma responses • Understanding childhood trauma and its impact • Links between sensory processing and trauma • Trauma informed approaches – relational practices and strategies • Communication techniques with young people experiencing complex trauma