World Social Work Day 20th March 2012

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World Social Work Day is an annual global occasion for social workers to celebrate their profession and promote the work they do in communities across the planet.

 

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See IFSW’s WSWD coverage

 

BASW’s events across the UK to mark WSWD:

Please click on the links below for details

Scotland event, Perth, 20 March 2012
• Apply Code of Ethics throughout your practice, social workers told
• Social workers told of their direct links to the world
• Social workers must take a role in tackling asylum seeker “destitution”
• Social workers warned to keep their private lives clean
• Scottish health and social care integration must heed lessons from abroad
• Scotland’s Social Worker of the Year awards

Northern Ireland event, Stormont, 12 March 2012

• Former nightclub bouncer wins top social work award
• Study suggests that qualifications and support increase social worker resilience
• NIASW starts World Social Work Day celebrations early

More details will follow for events in Wales and England …

BASW contributes to The Guardian’s WSWD coverage

WSWD 2011

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Published : 20th March 2012

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