SWU Food Insecurity Survey

Thanks for taking this survey - it will help social workers launch a campaign against food poverty and food insecurity in the coming weeks. It should only take around 2 minutes to complete.

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* 1. Do you primarily work with:

Children & Familes

Adults

Management

Other group

I don't work in social work

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* 2. Among the people you work with, have you experienced any of the following?

Worried or anxious about being able to provide food for children

Compromising on the quality of food to save money

Compromising on the quantity of food consumed to save money

Skipping meals

Using food banks

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* 3. The answer options in question 2 reflect the criteria for a household being in food poverty, or suffering from food insecurity. Would you say the "food insecurity" situation in your area over the past 12 months has:

Got dramatically worse

Got somewhat worse

Not seen any change

Got somewhat better

Got dramatically better

Don't know

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* 4. Do you expect food poverty / food security to get better or worse this winter?

Expect it to get substantially worse

Expect to get somewhat worse

Expect to remain at the same levels

Expect it to get somewhat better

Expect it to get substantially better

Don't know

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* 5. Do you think that food insecurity should be included in BASW’s Professional Capabilities Framework, Department of Education Knowledge and Skills Statement, and Social Work England’s professional standards?

Yes

Don't know

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* 6. Do you have any thoughts or comments about the experiences of food poverty / food insecurity you would like to tell us about (please note, comments may be used in the media or on social media)?

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* 7. Have you recieved any training around food insecurity?

Yes

Yes - but not enough

Don't know / can't remember