We are pleased to grow meaningful collaboration and influence of lived experience throughout the association through representation on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Council and across our committees, groups and networks.
Ruth Allen, CEO °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯGreater co-production with Experts by Experience of social work is one important part of our ongoing commitment to greater inclusivity, equality and celebration of diversity.
Role of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Council Experts by Experience Forum Members
To champion and give voice to the value and impact of people with a lived experience in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ’s activities.Â
To build a community of interest with Experts by Experience (EBEs) to come together, making connections between different parts of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ.
To advocate as representatives of people who have experience of social workers, social work, and social services as EBEs.
To enable °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ to achieve its Mission of supporting social workers, improving social work and promoting social justice.
We will do this by:
- Being a critical friend to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ
- Enabling richer discussions and better decisions
- Embracing °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ’s commitment to social justice.
- Creating safe space through its policies and processes to ensure effective collaboration.
- Providing input to:
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- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ’s business plan
- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ’s Annual Report and Annual General Meeting
- Specific areas of development.
Who can join?
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ EBE forum Membership is available to people who have lived experience of social work either as a current or former social work service user, living in all 4 Nations Wales, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland. The membership subgroup will check/monitor all Expressions of Interest to ensure we have diverse representation on the group from all 4 Nations.Â
Expectation of Members
- Members of the Forum will follow the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Code of Ethics and associated policies (attach link).
- Questions about the working of the Forum will be raised through Council.
- Any concerns about the actions of individual members will be responded to by Councilmembers under the Code of Conduct for Council and Committee members.
When attending any °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ Meeting, Members to be aware of :
- Confidentiality
- Listen and understand others’ perspectives
- Allow time to express opinionsÂ
- Be respectful
- Avoid abbreviations and jargon
- Clear communications
- Read information in advance of meeting if and where possible
- Make and be aware of, reasonable adjustments of different members, e.g. if chat function is used, please also read the chat out loud.Â
- Value each other’s differences and agree to disagree.
To express an interest, please contact policyadmin@basw.co.uk in the first instance. Interest from Experts by Experience from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is particularly welcome.
