BASW’s Policy, Ethics and Human Rights (PEHR) Committee has reaffirmed the Association’s existing position statement with regard to the age determination of age-disputed young people. The review,...
This set of resources have been created in partnership with The National Deaf Children's Society. They are designed to help and support deaf young people and their parents, carers and teachers to...
Sexual abuse can ruin lives. Letting the Future In helps children who have been sexually abused. Sexual abuse can affect young people in all kinds of ways. Many children and young people have told us...
Saturday 16 April 2016 BASW is calling its members to unite within the social workers and service users bloc and march for ‘Social Care, Health, Homes, Jobs and Education’. The demonstration...
Gerry Nosowska explains the importance of social work to good end of life care.
BASW response to 2016 Budget: Cuts will pile more pressure on social workers and service users
On 15 March, PHE published Child Health Profiles 2016. They present a picture of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using 32 key health indicators which help local...
BASW and SWU are calling all members to join the Europe-wide UN Anti-Racism Day Demonstration. On Saturday 19 March tens of thousands will march across Britain, with major mobilisations in...
Please read below for inspirational messages to membership from BASW England’s Patron and Ambassadors: “Social workers gave me a glimpse into a childhood that my parents couldn't ❤” Jenny Malloy...
For World Social Work Day, Kirsty Rowe explains why there’s no other job she’d rather do. Not many people go to work, to do a job like mine, every day. It’s unpredictable and no day mirrors the...
Today we live in a turbulent world. We are witnessing a degree of mass migration around the world, which we have not experienced since the Second World War. We are seeing how people are not...
‘I think the most important support is time, the giving of time, people finding time for you, and the freedom to ask questions. Having someone independent to go to just to talk through and to say ‘...
The NSPCC have officially launched a whistleblowing helpline to provide free advice and support to professionals wanting to raise concerns about how child protection issues are being handled in...
The Black Country branch of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is hosting a debate about Assisted Dying at the University of Wolverhampton on March 18th with local MP Rob Marris.
Three new free factsheets have been launched by The Who Cares? Trust in response to key issues that are being raised by callers to the charity’s Care Advice Line. Since it launched six months ago,...
Young Minds, the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have created a series of films and digital resource packs on self-harm. These have been created with the help of...
New resource to give schools the tools to effectively tackle bullying. Schools will get more support from Barnardo’s for their work helping LGBTQ [1] children and young people who are being bullied...
Watch and download presentations from The King's Fund event which discussed ways of establishing local systems of care, with presentations from Jim Mackey and Chris Ham.
BASW response to Education Committee inquiry on social work reform
BASW England Patron and best-selling author Jenny Molloy will be visiting Northern Ireland on 2 March for a two day visit as part of celebrations to mark World Social Work Day. Having spent most...