Please send us a few seconds of film of your birthday wishes for BASW’s 50th - or a still picture of you with a birthday message.
We will continue to press this loudly and urgently, and to build alliances in doing this, so that the dignity and human rights of all adults in our society is upheld.
The first of a series of vlogs with BASW CEO Ruth Allen over the next month exploring our history, our present and our future as part of BASW’s 50th birthday celebrations in June.
Increased referrals will put services under pressure
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is deeply saddened to hear news of the loss of a social worker to coronavirus.
BASW Cymru welcomes this response from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services to some of the concerns we have raised on behalf of our membership in Wales. The response however, does not...
Social Workers Union discussions with social workers are worrying showing fewer referrals regarding concerns around child protection and domestic violence since the onset of lockdown.
BASW Chair Gerry Nosowska joins BASW CEO Ruth Allen for Ruth's latest vlog update...
BASW was one of many organisations objecting to this and welcomes change of plan
Pete Feldon, Chair of the BASW England Adults social work group provides an update and sets out the importance of your feedback.
Once more SWU has attempted to work with UNISON, this time on a joint statement about the importance of sufficient social work funding post Covid-19
BASW joins 30 organisations to write to the Government to tell them to limit the long-term impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health
BASW responds as the Government re-introduces the new Immigration Bill to Parliament
Part of Mental Health Awareness Week
Blog by Ruth Allen, CEO BASW
BASW commits £30,000 to support international social work partners in the fight against Covid 19
Blog by Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield) and Professor Anna Gupta (Royal Holloway University of London)
BASW Cymru has been in conversation with the Older People’s Commissioner for last couple of weeks about the appalling number of deaths in care settings. We have also shared our concerns about the...
Official figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics showed the deaths of ten social workers, and an additional two social services managers, involved Covid-19 between 9 March...
The Department of Education is seeking views on proposed new measures to ensure that the use of independent and semi-independent provision (commonly known as unregulated provision) provides the right...
