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This webinar organised by the Social Work History Network will hear perspectives from different experiences about how far social work has disappeared from adult social services (social care). It will explore the vision for social work in the 1968 Seebohm and later reports and what has changed in social work and local authorities since, the likely nature and prospects of future change, and how changes might be influenced to assure a positive future for social work.
Five brisk presentations will be followed by an open online discussion to enable good interaction with attendees’ own perspectives.
The four social worker background speakers will be SWHN Steering Group member Brian Parrott, former Director of Social Services and then DASS, and until recently an ADASS Trustee; Ruth Allen, Chief Executive BASW; Rob Mitchell, Principal Social Worker in Bradford, a national PSW leader and author; and Tricia Pereira, previously a London borough PSW and now Director of Operations, Skills for Care. Clenton Farquharson MBE (Director of Disabled People User-led Organisation in Birmingham and Chair of TLAP (Think Local Act Personal) nationally) will give an overview from the perspective of an expert by experience.
The discussion which follows will be facilitated by David Brindle, until recently the Guardian’s Public Services Editor.
Booking for this event
All are welcome at this online-only event.
There is no charge for participation, but advance booking is essential.
Please book on the BASW site (which is hosting this online event).
What has become of Social Work with Adults?
Film of this event is available, courtesy of the British Association of Social Workers.