The Department for Education and the Department of Health & Social Care are seeking to appoint up to eight Non-Executive Directors to Social Work England’s Board. Full details can be viewed...
BASW member tells MPs the true impact of austerity measures
BASW’s international committee plays key role in influencing social work policy in the Commonwealth
BASW responds to interim report of the independent review of the Mental Health Act
This time the Chair’s Blog post is a collaboration between myself and colleagues from the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists.
Social Work and its response to stroke
As part of a delegation led by Alison Thewliss MP, the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) met with Alok Sharma MP, Minister of State for Employment at the Department of Work and...
This learning network is designed to improve and promote collaborative working between care homes and the housing, health and social care sectors. Care home residents have some of the most complex...
Gerry Nosowska elected as new BASW chair
Guy Shennan, Chair of BASW has written an open letter to the Chair of the Israeli Union of Social Workers on the arrest and imprisonment of Munther Amira, the former General Secretary of the...
Community Care reports on a 6-week training programme involving social work students, criminology students and young unaccompanied minors. The programme aimed to identify key gaps in knowledge and...
As Commonwealth heads of state meet in London, BASW added its voice to calls for the Government to do more to reassure and protect the human rights of the Windrush generation following further...
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 Membership Survey - Analysis Allison Hulmes – Professional Officer, BASW Cymru ...
I am delighted to introduce this latest Chair’s Blog post, which is a collaboration between myself and BASW Cymru Professional Officer and fellow Boot Out Austerity walker, Allison Hulmes.
Streets in Central London were brought to a halt, when around 4,000 people – largely teenagers – got on their bikes to protest against London’s knife crime epidemic, as part of the #BikesUpKnivesDown...
BASW to host ‘Social Work and the Commonwealth’ event; new children’s minister due to give a speech
I have just over two months left as BASW Chair, and in that time I am going to use this blog!
A unique new study is being proposed by academics at RGU to review the impact of its social work education as the programme celebrates its 50th year.
BASW Chair Hustings recorded webinar is available now
Fighting the good fight: student social workers and their rights