As social workers we will often see, first-hand, what poverty can do to children and their families.
The new Scottish Act removes any doubt that physical discipline is not acceptable and can only assist social workers when doing multifaceted assessments of families.
Recognising the unique and important contribution that social workers make during lockdown and beyond
Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update from Westminster.
Click here to read the Manifesto in full and to download your copy Click here to download the Maniffesto in Welsh - fersiwn Gymraeg For social workers to fulfil their potential and make a positive...
Safe access to care and health settings for social workers as professional visitors is essential
Find out what the team in Scotland have been doing on behalf of members this week
Today, BASW England and BASW Cymru have jointly launched a new campaign to change national guidelines for social workers to get regular, safe access to health and care settings, so they can carry out...
BASW continues to stand against antisemitism and all forms of ethnic and religious discrimination, both direct and indirect.
Russell Hogarth, who sits on the BASW at 50 years steering group, shares his own personal experiences of 'lockdowns' and contrasts them with the experience of Covid-19 restrictions...
Black History Month maybe over as a calendar event, but Black History didn't start nor ends in October. So here is another piece from the Black Professionals Symposium group...
BASW England Professional Officer Gavin Moorghen reflects on the growing issue of child food poverty in England and invites members to join an online event to consider possible solutions and our...
Black Lives Matter: No more silence! A poem by Maureen Mguni for Black History Month, looking back over a turbulent year
Share your views on issues that affect you in our new Question of the Month"...
Find out what the team in Scotland have been doing on behalf of members this week in the first of our new weekly roundups.
Ruth Allen discusses the results of the recent BASW member survey - including where members think BASW is doing well, areas for improvement, and a series of actions and commitments from BASW in...
Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides an update from Westminster.
Central to the Shaping Social Workers’ Identity all-Ireland study is exploring whether the diversity of social work practice affects the professional identity of social work practitioners.
The government needs to work more collaboratively, compassionately and transparently with Black and Ethnic Minority communities in order to recognise broken trust and structural inequalities
Families and foster carers must be able to buy clothes for looked after children who are placed in an emergency
