BASW has called for a stronger emphasis on ethical practice and on the role of social workers in shaping and commissioning care services. The Association was responding to plans to overhaul the...
BASW is supporting the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2013 in England, which this year will feature a judging panel that includes the two new Chief Social Workers and Professor Eileen Munro.
Sue Kent, BASW Professional Officer,looks at research findings from the National Children's Bureau (NCB) and The Nuffield Foundation suggesting that Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) are...
BASW England report – September 2013 ... missing children, Daniel Pelka, IROs, Duty of Candour, Mental Capacity Act, NOPT Conference and Ruth Cartwright bids farewell ...
Scotland Manager: We look forward to our new Scotland Manager, Trisha Hall, joining us on 23 September, from the Aberlour Child Care Trust where she has been Head of Evaluation and Research....
The summer holidays are over and it’s time to get back down to business and let you know what we have been up to on your behalf over the summer. We have continued to make links with other...
BASW has welcomed Peter Hay's honesty for telling Birmingham councillors an “honest culture” within the council’s child protection services is needed.
The decision to appoint Donald Forrester as Lead Professor for a new Frontline Academy as the Frontline HEI provider is clearly an important further step for this developing initiative. BASW will...
Risk, Resilience and Rights: Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Children, Families and Separated Young People who have Survived Torture
On the day that Magdelena Luczak, the mother of Daniel Pelka and her partner Mariusz Krezolek were both given life sentences at Birmingham Crown Court, BASW has urged that this tragic case not be...
BASW has cautioned that internet search engine plans for pop-up windows to appear when web users try to access indecent images of children must be accompanied by a wide range of other measures if...
Social workers are in desperate need of specialist training in how to spot the warning signs that a child is being targeted for sexual abuse online, a survey by the British Association of Social...
Advance Notification of BAPSCAN/NIASW Conference on Child Sexual Exploitation: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution
Due to demand from members, the deadline to nominate a social worker in Wales for the prestigious BASW Cymru Social Work Awards has been extended until Friday 26th July.
BASW Cymru has endorsed a call for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, and who are now living in Wales, to come forward and share their experiences with a...
After a government-commissioned report said that children’s services in Doncaster should no longer be run by the council, BASW has cautioned that the initiative must not mirror current structures if...
BASW Cymru has questioned why the Welsh Government has announced a plan for a College of Social Care and Social Work, run by the regulatory body for social workers, the Care Council for Wales.
Rydym yn parhau i wthio ymlaen, yn ddigon gobeithiol, gyda datblygiadau cyfredol a newydd yma yng Nghymru, ond hefyd mae yna lawer o heriau o’n blaenau. Neges bwysig: Mae yna lu o ddatblygiadau...
In June, Nushra Mansuri attended the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Children, featuring the launch of a report called Are Children and Young People...
The long awaited legislation to create integrated service provision is now with the Parliament and the Health Committee has asked for initial written evidence by 2 August. SASW will be preparing its...
In another hectic month representing you and the social work profession, we have continued to investigate the situation of agency pay and are preparing to go public on a major issue. NIASW will be...
BASW’s growing membership shows its message is reaching social workers and the profession is “standing together in difficult times”, said the Association’s Chief Executive Bridget Robb. Addressing...
Commenting on Louise Casey’s speech to the Local Government Association about social workers “colluding with families”, Ruth Cartwright, England Manager for the British Association of Social Workers...
Issues in relation to Written Statement by The Welsh Government ‘Policy Statement for Social Services Regulation and Inspection’ By Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Social Services On 27th June...
Managers are increasingly focusing on social workers with good admin and IT skills rather than their ability to do assessments, the Mayor of Derby warned at the opening of BASW's AGM.
The Mayor of the City of Derby, Councillor Fareed Hussain, will be speaking at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the city of the British Association of Social Workers, the UK's largest professional...
Social workers working alongside children and adults were among those honoured at the Social Care Accolades in Cardiff on 21 June. The county councils of Flintshire, Anglesey and Rhondda Cynon Taf...
Responding to the publication of the Comprehensive Spending Review for 2015/16, BASW said
Ahead of Wednesday’s Comprehensive Spending Review, social workers warned their ability to protect families will be compromised and civil unrest could ensue if further cutbacks to social services are...
As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) hits the headlines for failing to properly inspect maternity and children’s services at NHS Morecambe Bay, and for suppressing a critical report, Ruth Cartwright...
‘Professional Development and Professional Challenges’ a day’s workshop from Dr Neil Thompson held on March 17th at Llandrindod Wells.
The devastating and life-long impact of childhood sexual abuse was detailed in a workshop at the BASW Cymru conference by the Wrexham-based charity Stepping Stones, started 20 years ago by three...
One important aspect of the Social Work Reform Board’s work was the development of Employer Standards, which laid out how employers should support and deal with their social work staff. At one point...
The Scottish Association of Social Work is seeking nominations for the 2013 Wilma MacDonald Award – SASW MHO of the Year, with the winner set to follow in the footsteps of the inaugural winner last...
Ruth Stark, the Manager of the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW – part of BASW) has been awarded a MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for her services to social work. Ruth has led BASW...
BASW's Interim Chief Executive Bridget Robb challenges findings of a report claiming the future of the social work profession is "bleak".
Social workers in Wales have won praise for their commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children from Deputy Minister for Social Services Gwenda Thomas AM, who said that a raft of new “...
BASW has endorsed a statement by the Turkish Association of Social Workers in which the Ankara-based organisation emphasises the right of people in Istanbul to protest peacefully against the...
Plans to radically overhaul community justice in Scotland must put local authorities and social workers at the heart of any reform, the Scottish Association of Social Work warned. Responding to the...
NIASW has organised a free event for all newly quaified social workers, students about to qualify and social workers on their Assessed Year in Employment (AYE). NIASW was keen to provide an...
We want to hear from our Independents’ members about what you want from your BASW membership.
Sensationalist and stereotyped reporting of sex offenders will not help us to comprehend their behaviour - instead it actually makes it harder to protect children, argues BASW's press officer in the...
Social worker Janet Foulds writes on the release of the PACT/ CEOP report Taken,which calls for a revamp of ‘stranger-danger’ warnings in the wake of findings which show that in 42 per cent of police...
Too much paperwork? Difficulties around responding to crisis? Erosion of social work status? NIASW's adult services survey is now completed. NIASW are organising consultation meetings around...
Mae cryn ddiddordeb wedi cael ei greu yn ein Cynhadledd Flynyddol ar Ddiogelu sydd i’w gynnal yng Nghanolfan Catrin Finch, Prifysgol Glyndŵr, Wrecsam ar 12 Mehefin. Er hyn, mae yna le dal i fod ar...
It may be hard to believe that we are half way through 2013 already but looking back it has been a really productive year so far for NIASW. We are determined to keep up that trend and make even more...
The month before the school summer holidays always seems a busy time as we try and clear our desks to take that much needed recreation time before the Autumn settles in, which as gardening books will...
Sadly child sexual exploitation is in the news wherever we look at the moment, whether in relation to criminal trials concerning the murder of young girls, the prosecution of gangs of men (Oxford...
BASW Chief Executive Bridget Robb offers some early advice to the two newly-appointed Chief Social Workers in England "The long awaited announcements of Lyn Romeo and Isabelle Trowler as the Chief...
BASW responded to the launch of Frontline, a fast-track training model for “high-flying” graduates, with nationwide media appearances expressing concern at the tight timescale proposed for preparing...
In a hectic week of announcements the Westminster Department of Education revealed that Isabelle Trowler, former Assistant Director for Children’s Social Care in Hackney, would be the new Chief...
BASW has urged the newly appointed Chief Social Worker for Adults in England, Lyn Romeo, to work closely with her soon to be revealed counterpart for children if she is to make the role a success. As...
The newly appointed Chief Social Worker for Children and a fast-track training model for high-flying graduates each have the potential to improve social work in England but must not go the way of...
SASW backed an open letter to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament expressing strong opposition to a provision of the Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill that would bar anyone in prison from...
The political proposals affecting how people access integrated services has been the main debate in Scotland Committee who have taken it out to local meetings, discussed in our magazines and e-...
Commenting on the New ‘Passport to Support’ for adopters, Nushra Mansuri, professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers, said: “The new “adoption passport” is a step in the right...
But SASW expressed concern at the potential for confusion in a separate proposal for a named person, such as a health worker, to be allocated to every child from birth “to safeguard and support their...
The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW – part of BASW) has handed the minister responsible for social work a report containing a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the...
As the Care Inquiry publishes its findings of an eight-month inquiry into the care system by eight leading children’s charities, including the Fostering Network, TACT and the British Association for...