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1. Professionalism. Identify and behave as a professional social worker, committed to professional development. 2. Values and ethics. Apply social work ethical principles and values to guide professional practices. 3. Diversity and Equality. Recognise diversity and apply anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in practice. 4.
- About the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) | BASW
The PCF is the Professional Capabilities Framework and is a...
- Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Work in ...
recognise that social work operates within, and responds to,...
- Mapping the PCF, KSS and Regulatory Standards in England
please refer to page 3 for the visual diagram of the PCF In...
- About the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) | BASW
The PCF is the Professional Capabilities Framework and is a framework for social work practice and learning in England. It sets out nine common domains of capability that we expect to develop as social workers, and which others can expect of us. It promotes and underpins social work as ‘one profession’ across all specialisms and roles.
recognise that social work operates within, and responds to, changing economic, social, political and organisational contexts. understand the roles and responsibilities of social workers in a range of organisations, lines of accountability and the boundaries of professional autonomy and discretion.
- 2. Values and Ethics
- 3. Diversity and Equality
- 2. The role of social workers working with adults
- 5. Mental capacity
- 10. Professional ethics and leadership
- 11. Level of capability: social worker working in an adult setting at the end of their first year in employment
- 5. Knowledge
- 6. Critical Reflection and Analysis
- 2. The role of social workers working with adults
- 3. Person-centred practice
- 4. Safeguarding
- 5. Mental capacity
- 6. Efective assessments and outcome based support planning
- 7. Direct work with individuals and families
- 8. Supervision, critical reflection and analysis
- 9. Organisational context
- 10. Professional ethics and leadership
- 11. Level of capability: social worker working in an adult setting at the end of their first year in employment
- 1. Professionalism
- 8. Contexts and Organisations
- 2. The role of social workers working with adults
- 4. Safeguarding
- 6. Efective assessments and outcome-based support planning
- 9. Organisational context
- 10. Professional ethics and leadership
- 11. Level of capability: social worker working in an adult setting at the end of their first year in employment
- 2. Values and Ethics
- 3. Diversity and Equality
- 1. Relationships and efective direct work
- 9. The role of supervision
- 5. Knowledge
- 6. Critical Reflection and Analysis
- 1. Relationships and efective direct work
- 3. Child development
- 4. Adult mental ill health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, physical ill health and disability
- 5. Abuse and neglect of children
- 6. Child and family assessment
- 7. Analysis, decision-making, planning and review
- 8. The law and the family and youth justice systems
- 9. The role of supervision
- 10. Organisational context
- 1. Professionalism
- 8. Contexts and Organisations
- 1. Relationships and efective direct work
- 9. The role of supervision
- 10. Organisational context
Apply social work ethical principles and value to guide professional practices. Social workers have an obligation to conduct themselves and make decisions in accordance with our Code of Ethics. This includes working in partnership with people who use our services. We promote human rights and social justice. We develop and maintain our understanding...
Recognise diversity and apply anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in practice. Social workers understand that diversity characterises and shapes human experience and is critical to the formation of identity. Diversity is multi-dimensional and includes race, disability, class, economic status, age, sexuality, gender (including transge...
The Care Act 2014 puts the principle of individual wellbeing and professional practice of the individual social worker at the heart of adult social care and signals a move away from care management as the overriding approach to working with adults. Social workers need to apply a wide range of knowledge and skills to understand and build relationshi...
Social workers must have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Code of Practice and be able to apply these in practice. They should always begin from the presumption that individuals have capacity to make the decision in question. Social workers should understand how to make a capacity assessment, the decision...
Social workers should be able to explain their role to stakeholders, particularly health and community partners, and challenge partners constructively to efect multi-agency working. They should contribute to developing awareness of personalisation and outcome-based approaches to improving people’s lives. Social workers should be able to demonstrate...
By the end of the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment social workers working in an adult setting should have consistently demonstrated proficiency in a wide range of tasks and roles. For example, they will be able to complete assessments of need independently, which start from a perspective of the service users’ desired outcomes and have beco...
Develop and apply relevant knowledge from social work practice and research, social sciences, law, other professional and relevant fields, and from the experience of people who use services. We develop our professional knowledge throughout our careers and sustain our curiosity. As a unified profession, we develop core knowledge that relates to our ...
Apply critical reflection and analysis to inform and provide a rationale for professional decision- making. Social workers critically reflect on their practice, use analysis, apply professional judgement and reasoned discernment. We identify, evaluate and integrate multiple sources of knowledge and evidence. We continuously evaluate our impact and ...
The Care Act 2014 puts the principle of individual wellbeing and professional practice of the individual social worker at the heart of adult social care and signals a move away from care management as the overriding approach to working with adults. Social workers need to apply a wide range of knowledge and skills to understand and build relationshi...
Social workers should enable people to access the advice, support and services to which they are entitled. They should coordinate and facilitate a wide range of practical and emotional support, and discharge legal duties to complement people’s own resources and networks, so that all individuals (no matter their background, health status or mental c...
Social workers must be able to recognise the risk indicators of diferent forms of abuse and neglect and their impact on individuals, their families or their support networks and should prioritise the protection of children and adults in vulnerable situations whenever necessary. This includes working with those who self-neglect. Social workers who w...
Social workers must have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Code of Practice and be able to apply these in practice. They should always begin from the presumption that individuals have capacity to make the decision in question. Social workers should understand how to make a capacity assessment, the decision...
In undertaking assessments, social workers must be able to recognise the expertise of the diverse people with whom they work and their carers and apply this to develop personalised assessment and care plans that enable the individual to determine and achieve the outcomes they want for themselves. The social worker must ensure the individual’s views...
Social workers need to be able to work directly with individuals and their families through the professional use of self, using interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence to create relationships based on openness, transparency and empathy. They should know how to build purposeful, efective relationships underpinned by reciprocity. They should ...
Social workers must have access to regular, good quality supervision and understand its importance in providing advice and support. They should know how and when to seek advice from a range of sources including named supervisors, senior social workers and other professionals. They should be able to make efective use of opportunities to discuss, ref...
Social workers working with adults should be able confidently to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, work within their organisation’s remit and contribute to its development. They must be understand and work efectively within financial and legal frameworks, obligations, structures and culture, in particular Human Rights and Equalities legislat...
Social workers should be able to explain their role to stakeholders, particularly health and community partners, and challenge partners constructively to efect multi-agency working. They should contribute to developing awareness of personalisation and outcome-based approaches to improving people’s lives. Social workers should be able to demonstrate...
By the end of the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment social workers working in an adult setting should have consistently demonstrated proficiency in a wide range of tasks and roles. For example, they will be able to complete assessments of need independently, which start from a perspective of the service users’ desired outcomes and have beco...
Identify and behave as a professional social worker, committed to professional development. Social workers are members of an internationally recognised profession. Our title is protected in UK law. We demonstrate professional commitment by taking responsibility for our conduct, practice, self-care and development. We seek and use supervision and ot...
Engage with, inform, and adapt to changing organisational contexts, and the social and policy environments that shape practice. Operate efectively within and contribute to the development of organisations and services, including multi-agency and inter-professional settings. Social workers are informed about and pro-actively respond to the challenge...
The Care Act 2014 puts the principle of individual wellbeing and professional practice of the individual social worker at the heart of adult social care and signals a move away from care management as the overriding approach to working with adults. Social workers need to apply a wide range of knowledge and skills to understand and build relationsh...
Social workers must be able to recognise the risk indicators of diferent forms of abuse and neglect and their impact on individuals, their families or their support networks and should prioritise the protection of children and adults in vulnerable situations whenever necessary. This includes working with those who self-neglect. Social workers who ...
In undertaking assessments, social workers must be able to recognise the expertise of the diverse people with whom they work and their carers and apply this to develop personalised assessment and care plans that enable the individual to determine and achieve the outcomes they want for themselves. The social worker must ensure the individual’s views...
Social workers working with adults should be able confidently to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, work within their organisation’s remit and contribute to its development. They must be understand and work efectively within financial and legal frameworks, obligations, structures and culture, in particular Human Rights and Equalities legislat...
Social workers should be able to explain their role to stakeholders, particularly health and community partners, and challenge partners constructively to efect multi-agency working. They should contribute to developing awareness of personalisation and outcome-based approaches to improving people’s lives. Social workers should be able to demonstrate...
By the end of the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment social workers working in an adult setting should have consistently demonstrated proficiency in a wide range of tasks and roles. For example, they will be able to complete assessments of need independently, which start from a perspective of the service users’ desired outcomes and have beco...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
Operate successfully in a wide range of organisational contexts complying with the checks and balances within local and national systems which are a condition of employment. Maintain personal and professional credibility through efective working relationships with peers, managers and leaders both within the profession, throughout multi-agency partn...
The domains set out the capabilities that social workers are expected to meet at each career level, and these are designed to build upon each other to increase and expand your skills and knowledge as you progress and develop your practice.
Oct 20, 2022 · The 2018 review clustered the nine domains into three new ‘Superdomains’ of ‘Purpose’ (why social workers do what they do); ‘Practice’ (what social workers do to provide support and help people make changes) and ‘Impact’ (how social workers make a difference not only to individuals but also to organisations and contexts, through ...
domains into three areas with the overarching titles of: – Purpose: Why we do what we do as social workers, our values and ethics, and how we approach our work – Practice: What we do – the specific skills, knowledge, interventions and critical analytic abilities we develop to act and do social work
