Media

Read BASW’s latest Huffington Post blog which poses the question “Why do we only take notice of our teenagers when rapists are convicted?” Commenting following sentencing of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring and reports that England’s children’s homes have recorded 631 incidents of girls being sold for sex during the past five years, Hilton Dawson, chief [...]

Social care white paper is a vital chance to implement Dilnot

4th May 2012

With evidence gathering for the white paper on adult social care drawing to a close this week, in BASW’s latest blog for the Huffington Post, the Association urges the government to “buck the trend of a society that is only too willing to wash its hands of older people by listening to Andrew Dilnot and [...]

Home Office should not resurrect child asylum seeker dental x-ray scheme

30th April 2012

Following pressure from a number of concerned groups including BASW, the UK Border Agency has been forced to suspend a dental x-ray pilot scheme to determine the age of child asylum seekers. The scheme was heavily criticised by BASW for its lack of a consultation process with social care, health or legal professionals, particularly as the [...]

Government urged to act on child protection crisis

11th April 2012

Commenting on Cafcass figures showing that the number of local council care applications has passed 10, 000 for the first time, Sue Kent, professional officer British Association of Social Workers, said: “Child protection work is facing a major crisis, soaring referrals yet a government agenda of cuts preventing social workers from doing their jobs properly. [...]

Confidentiality in suicide cases – your views sought

3rd April 2012

The Department of Health (DoH) is inviting BASW members to comment on how better to support families who are worried that a loved one is at risk, and also those who are coping with the aftermath of a suicide of a family member. Following concerns raised by the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group, key [...]

Dementia is not just a “social” condition

26th March 2012

Welcoming this morning’s announcement that dementia funding is to be more than doubled by 2015, Ruth Cartwright, BASW England manager, said: “When the previous government launched its Dementia Strategy, the funding element was missing. We need to know more about the causes and background to the disease, about ways of treating it and about how [...]

World Social Work Day 2012: Do Children in Care Get a Better Deal in Other Countries?

20th March 2012

The philosophy of social pedagogy is largely alien to the UK’s care system, yet as social workers mark World Social Work Day, it is a good time to consider how much we could learn from how the profession operates overseas… Read more on BASW’s Huffington Post blog

World Social Work Day: Risk of social workers falling off register

20th March 2012

As social workers mark World Social Work Day today, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) issues a warning about a twin threat to both the profession in England, and to service users. The dangers come from the fact that social workers who do not have ‘social work’ in their job title do not have [...]