As we get older, volunteering is increasingly seen as an enabler of a happy and healthy life. Despite this, intensive volunteering placements for the over 50s are relatively rare in the UK. In order...
Last November, the Realising the Value programme published its final reports. Now is a good time to look back on the work we have done. Realising the Value aimed to enable people to take an active...
Gransnet conducted a survey in association with the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, and the results reveal worrying findings when it comes to the older generation. Over half (56%) of Gransnet users...
The NSPCC has released figures which show that the number of child sex offences recorded by police forces in the UK rose to 55,507 in the last year, an increase of almost a fifth from the previous...
Gypsy Traveller Community Members, social workers, IRISS and SASW collaborated in producing an evidence summary which was launched in Glasgow on March 24, 2017. The IRISS Insight aims to be the start...
Tuesday 21 March 2017, World SW Day, saw the 10th anniversary of our SASW Awards. This article is an impression of the event by David Mitchell, PSW Scotland contributing editor.
press release on the day of our 2016 Awards- World SW Day 2017
At a time when there is increasing pressure to do more with less across our public services, the need to find better models of service delivery and ways to reduce cost could not be more pressing. So...
Together with the Office for Civil Society, NESTA have funded five organisations who will test just that - new intensive volunteering opportunities for people aged 50 and above, working alongside...
This analysis of NHS planning guidance finds that what is currently being asked of NHS trusts in the coming financial year is not deliverable in the context of lower funding increases for the NHS....
At a time of threat to the UN's post-war ideals of international cooperation, BASW Chief Executive Dr Ruth Allen says social work's international dimension has never been more needed Happy...
From front line practitioner to Pratice Educator, BASW member Michaela Horan has seen all sides of social work. Here, she pays tribute to a profession she describes as "curious, rich and frankly,...
Childline has launched an app that is the first to provide counselling to young people in need of help directly through their mobile devices. The app has been named 'For Me' to ensure that it can be...
BASW response to revision of statutory guidance on the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children
Lack of consultation with the sector, prohibitive cost and an adverse effect on recruitment and retention have emerged as key issues for BASW England members surveyed on government proposals for a...
Accident and emergency (A&E) waiting times are a key NHS performance metric, and so they generate significant national interest. Here we look at how A&E waiting times have changed over the...
The King's Fund congratulations go to the 10 charities who have won their 2017 GSK IMPACT Awards for outstanding contributions to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing.
For Children’s Mental Health Week, Place2Be and school leaders’ union NAHT launch a new survey of 1,115 school leaders from across England and Wales. More than half (56%) of school leaders say it...
New research carried out by the membership organisation, the Association of Colleges (AoC) [i], has revealed that three quarters (74%) of further education colleges in England[ii] have been forced to...
Following the Supreme Court's judgement, John Swinney MSP, the Deputy First Minister, announced in the Scottish Parliament on 07 03 2017 that he will bring forward a Bill that will include new...
Proposals have been presented before the National Assembly for Wales which would enable people to keep more of their money when in residential care.
The Welsh Government has urged the UK Government to abandon its damaging policy of austerity and provide the financial stimulus needed to support vital public services and boost economic confidence...
Many of you will now have seen media reports that the government has had a change of heart over key clauses in the Children and Social Work Bill that would have let local councils set aside...
Closing date 5pm on 17 March 2017 Towards the end of 2015, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) became the custodians of the PCF on behalf of the sector in England, following the...
Four grants of £500 are to be presented to winning Social Work Students undertaking an Undergraduate or Post Graduate Social Work Degree. The criteria: a 750 - 1000 word assignment with the...
Drawing on findings from reports by The King’s Fund, Healthwatch England, the National Audit Office, the Care Quality Commission and the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO), this event...
BASW Chief Executive Dr Ruth Allen responds to the recent BBC File on 4 programme Neglect: The Story of UK Homecare
Following today’s announcement from Government that from the age of four, children will receive compulsory relationships education in all schools in England, BASW has welcomed this strengthening of...
The panel will provide advice and support on issues relating to the delivery of healthy relationships education within the curriculum. This includes a range of areas including improving...
Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, Carl Sargeant today announced he would provide £1m to local authorities across Wales to help young people who have experienced care. Funding will...
The Charity Become has launched a new resource which encourages young people with experiences of living in care in Scotland to stay in post-16 education. Propel gives information on every further...
Research in Practice (RiP) has launched a series of open access learning resources providing information and guidance to health and social care practitioners on how to recognise and respond to...
As the Local Government Association (LGA) today warns Council tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent further extensive cuts to local services next year, BASW is endorsing the...
The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has appointed Fiona Duncan, CEO of the Lloyds TSB Foundation as Chair of the Independent Review of the Care System
Scottish Social Services Council announces new registration fees agreed by Scottish Minsters for social services workers, which will be implemented in September 2017. Social workers will pay £80, (£...
A new book, written by two academics at the University of Worcester, aims to encourage social workers to get back to the ‘personal’ touch.
The King's Fund is pleased to announce the winner its 'The NHS if...' essay competition, in which they asked the public to imagine scenarios for the future of health and care. In her winning essay,...
BASW has added its name to the growing criticism of the Government’s decision to change the arrangements for the care and resettlement of certain child refugees. The so-called ‘Dubs amendment’...
The Ministry of Justice has released the figures for Deaths in prison and rates by apparent cause by calendar year since 1978 for England and Wales. I have summarised the figures given at 5 years...
The NIASW Committee currently has two vacancies and applications are invited for membership. The Northern Ireland Committee is the National Standing Committee for NIASW, part of BASW. NIASW...