The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Let’s Talk Social Work podcast focuses on the issues that matter most to social workers, and the people they support.
Andy McClenaghan is joined by Chris Lytle MLA, Chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education, Nick Hobbs from the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland and social worker Sarah Goff from the Ann Craft Trust to examine the issue of restraint and seclusion of children and young people with additional needs in educational settings. The conversation explores how plans to introduce new guidance in Northern Ireland aimed at preventing the use of restrictive practices can be informed by experiences elsewhere in the UK.
For further information on the issue of restraint and seclusion, including the impacts on children and their families, please visit the Challenging Behaviour Foundation website – www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/news/chal…-schools/
For information on the Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry into how schools are monitoring the use of restraint, please visit www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/inquirie…e-restraint