BASW England is concerned about reports of some service users who have decided not to use local services because they cannot afford to pay
Find out what the team in Scotland have been doing on behalf of members this week
BASW England is calling for reform to social care that goes beyond addressing the injustices of social care funding.
The petition, which has over 13,000 signatures, opened a discussion about how best to protect social workers at work
The focus of the new briefing paper ‘The State of End-of-Life Care’, from the Institute for Public Policy Research particularly significant at a time when we have collectively faced death
The Queen's Speech provides the government with an opportunity to highlight its priorities for the months ahead...
BASW also submitted an accompanying letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, highlighting issues that we feel are fundamental to improving the operation of the MHA, but which BASW...
Ruth Allen CEO highlights the purpose and role of the Council of Europe - and its huge importance to social work in these uncertain times.
Any plan that does not centre the rights and dignity of people of all ages is not an immigration and asylum system that we could support.
The Social Workers Union fully supports Mental Health Awareness Week which runs from Monday 10 May to Sunday 16 May 2021. This week is an opportunity for people to talk about all aspects of mental...
The BASW England Mental Health Group has discussed deep concerns about the High Intensity Network and SIM raised by practitioners and particularly by people with lived experience of using mental...
International funding used to educate hard-to-reach communities on Covid-19 vaccination.
Kerri Prince, BASW Public and Political Affairs Lead, provides an overview of last week's elections...
This year's theme is 'Nature' and how connecting with the natural world can support good mental health...
The BASW England Homes not Hospitals campaign has been launched because too many people with learning disabilities and autistic adults are being failed by the housing and care system
Newly qualified social workers of colour and/or have disabilities face inequalities in their ASYE journey. I think I know why…
As part of BASW England's commitment to engage with politicians around social work, we created a manifesto with the six issues that we would be campaigning on over the coming year...
The scheme pauses interest and debt charges while a person is receiving mental health treatment.
The General Secretary is the most senior staff position within SWU and the selected candidate will play a key role in taking the union forward in the next step of our development. John McGowan will...
Kerri Prince, BASW’s Public and Political Affairs Lead, gives an overview of what's been happening in Westminster this week...
