For employers

Our 5-Star Plan

BASW wants to have strong, positive relationships with all employers of social workers. Together, we aim to promote best practice and to ensure that social workers

are able to provide excellent services to everyone who needs them
are better trained and supported
are able to make a positive contribution to their own careers, to the policies of their own organisation and to the development of their own profession

Become a BASW 5 Star Organisation

1. Recognise BASW for the positive role that we can play in advising and representing social workers…

2. Provide BASW membership information for your social work staff…

3. Meet regularly with your BASW members to share, learn and develop social work policy and practice…

4. Work with BASW to promote social work and to speak out on areas of mutual concern…

5. Fully support the training and professional development activities of your BASW members…

We hope that you will join our 5-Star Employers in signing up to this plan. We will work with you on implementing the simple steps behind each of the 5 points and will support you accordingly with very positive publicity.

BASW is the professional association for Social Workers in the UK. We are growing, changing, and developing, driven by our members’ key objectives:

to raise the profile and standing of social work

to promote excellence in practice

to improve services to members and to grow