The Short Breaks Partnership, which Contact a Family is a member of, has this month launched new resources for parent carer forums working to improve short breaks in their local area. Over the last...
NSPCC evaluator Emma Smith reflects on her experiences and challenges interviewing domestic abuse survivors
The NSPCC have produced 7 short films of people talking about their faith and how safeguarding is central to their beliefs and work. The films are aimed at people working in faith settings and places...
A new guide to help social workers support people who have suffered brain injury or trauma has been co- published by BASW. Called Practice Guidance for Social Workers working with people with an...
I’ve prepared only a short speech, which is appropriate for me really, given that in my work outside BASW my focus is solution-focused practice, or brief therapy as it is sometimes known, which...
As the inquests into the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy determine all 96 football fans who died were unlawfully killed, BASW England Manager Maris Stratulis said social work’s Code of Ethics makes it...
An English local authority is offering £15,000 towards a mortgage to attract social workers to come and work for them, Professional Social Work magazine has learned. The incentive is part of a...
The 25th anniversary volume of the journal of the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) features the following subjects; the contemporary politics of...
This special issue offers a collection of papers exploring the complexities of ethical practice from local and international contributors. It will offer readers some new ways to conceptualise and...
July 2016 sees the deadline for the production of sustainability and transformation plans - joint plans produced by NHS providers, CCGs, local authorities, and other health and care services (...
Lecture given by Chris Ham to the Cambridge Whitehall Group on 9 December 2015
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...