Boot Out Austerity! Social Workers Walking For Social Justice
The Welsh NHS Confederation Policy Forum believes that we cannot afford to delay efforts to reshape services that provide people’s care, strengthening primary and community care provision. Primary...
Following the referendum on membership of the European Union, the National Assembly for Wales (the Assembly) established the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee to consider the...
Nicola Barry Obituary
Review of hate crime legislation
BASW England's personal reflection on Holocaust Memorial Day 2017.
In light of Holocaust Memorial Day Rena Phillps has written a piece around this years theme; 'From darkness into light'.
Social Work with Older People: Development of Capabilities Statement and Professional Development Pathway for Social Workers in England working with older people.
2017 promises to be another challenging year for the health and care system, with demand for care increasing faster than the supply of resources. A system already stretched to its limits will have to...
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were announced in NHS planning guidance published in December 2015. NHS organisations and local authorities in different parts of England have come...
Some local NHS areas are spending less than £10 a head on the mental health of children and young people in their communities Researchers from the Royal College of Psychiatrists have estimated the...
How many children live in your constituency? How many children are ‘in need’ or facing debt and destitution in your local authority? How many children have been victims of a sexual crime in your...
The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) today published its priorities for the forthcoming NI Assembly Mandate. As pressures mount for social workers, NIASW is calling on each...
Northern Ireland Assembly Member Robbie Butler has grasped the opportunity to become a social worker for a day. The Lagan Valley MLA learned about the crucial work undertaken by social workers by...
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation has been working with the National Development Team for inclusion (NDTi) to develop three new resources setting out a vision of future local pathways for children...
This is the first update to be issued by the Adult PPEG since our formation in 2016 and although it will be of most interest to our members working with adults, we hope it will be of interest to all...
NHS Digital are inviting as many social workers as possible to share their experiences and suggestions by completing a short online survey which explores how social workers are currently using IT in...
Expert analysis of the key trends that will shape our world in the year ahead, from migration to global trade and the Trump presidency.
Nine out of ten BASW England members responding to a recent survey said social work regulation should remain independent of Government. Social workers expressed major concerns about unprecedented...
Community Care features an article by Dr David Wilkins from the University of Bedfordshire, about the need for research into the quality and impact of supervision for child and family social workers...
Leicestershire Police has made its film to raise awareness of the dangers of online grooming publicly available. Based on the story of teenager Kayleigh Haywood, the film highlights how quickly and...
The NSPCC and O2 have launched a campaign to illustrate how innocent searches online can lead to not so innocent results. Highlights how using parental controls to block or filter content can help...
Coram International has launched a free training resource for professionals working with children in residential care, detention facilities or in justice settings. This resource helps professionals...
CEO Dr Ruth Allen responds to the PM's 'Shared Society' speech.
Tribute to Jill Saward
"Brain tests predict children's futures," BBC News reports. A study found that childhood factors such as low IQ, parental neglect and poor self-control were strongly associated with "socially costly...
SASW have recently announced that we are now open for nominations for our SASW Awards https://www.basw.co.uk/scotland/awards/2016/ #SASWawards16 We hope to once again highlight the best of what...
David Colvin CBE, a major figure in Scottish social work and within BASW, has died aged 85.
As public spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) publishes a report showing progress has been "too slow" in the five and a half years since the Munro Report on child protection, BASW...
The Social Work Role in Domestic Abuse Wednesday 22nd March 2017 Edinburgh (venue tbc) SAVE THE DATE!! Scottish Association of Social Work, in partnership with Scottish...
Nearly two thirds of children groomed online who were referred to a number of Barnardo’s specialist services, were sexually exploited after meeting their attacker. According to exclusive research by...
Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has risen to the challenge of becoming a Social Worker for a day. The Minister joined Social Work teams in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust to learn...
Many children have suicidal thoughts or self-harm due to transphobic bullying and abuse. 2,796 counselling sessions about gender identity and gender dysphoria were held by Childline last year....
The 2016 Social Work Awards ceremony was held on Friday 18th November in the Armagh City Hotel. This year’s event celebrated the contribution of service users and highlighted the rich and diverse...
2016 will go down in history as a year which brought about unprecedented change to the world as we know it. We witnessed huge displacement of whole continents as people fled war, terrorism and...
BASW CEO Dr Ruth Allen marks national Hospital Social Work Day 2016. Some of my most formative and rewarding work experiences have been in hospital settings, specifically on mental health wards...
Despite the availability of well-evidenced guidance and the best intentions of health and social care staff, there is still an ‘implementation gap’ between what we want to do to keep patients and...
New research shows that half (49%) of teenage boys in the UK would not feel comfortable talking to their dads about their mental health (including stress, anxiety and depression). When asked why,...
With October marking the deadline for finishing sustainability and transformation plans (STPs), and the beginning of implementation, this event shared progress to date with the plans, discussed the...
