BASW Cymru | Wales Blog
Opinions and Comment About Social Work in Wales
BASW Cymru report - April 2013
14th March 2013
BASW Cymru report - March 2013
13th February 2013
BASW Cymru report – December 2012
19th December 2012
And the winners were...
BASW Cymru’s third annual Social Work awards took place in the grand surroundings of the Welsh National Assembly’s Senedd building this week.
4th October 2012
BASW calls for social workers and judges to get same protection as celebrities
Following a successful campaign to take down a number of online hate sites ‘naming and shaming’ social workers and family court judges engaged in the protection of vulnerable children, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and its trade union arm the Social Workers Union (SWU) is asking for these professionals to receive the same concern from the police as recent high profile figures.
3rd October 2012
BASW Cymru report – July/August 2012
BASW Cymru's report, rounding up the latest developments in social work over recent weeks.
20th July 2012
BASW Cymru submits response to Social Services (Wales) Bill
BASW Cymru has submitted its full response to the Social Services (Wales) Bill, which is aimed at providing legislative backing for the changes outlined in the Welsh Government’s white paper, ‘Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action’.
1st June 2012
Blog: Sexual exploitation of children
BASW member Janet Foulds has written a Guardian blog "Child grooming – what social workers should know".
21st May 2012
Blog: BASW Cymru on a new CPD framework for social workers
BASW Cymru deputy chair Carol Davies offers an insight into the Continuing Professional Education and Learning (CPEL): A Framework for Social Workers in Wales, outlining what it means for practitioners.
18th May 2012
Blog: Why the Draft Care and Support Bill was more disappointment than relief
My initial reaction to news that the Draft Care and Support Bill had made it into the Queen’s Speech was one of relief followed by disappointment that there was no mention of attempting to resolve the thorny issue of funding.
10th May 2012
New regulatory standards place unreasonable expectations on social workers
BASW has raised concerns that proposed proficiency standards for social workers would place unreasonable expectations on newly-qualified social workers.
7th November 2011
