SASW writes to Cabinet Secretary for Justice amidst ongoing community service hour backlog.
This latest information paints an increasingly stark and concerning picture about the way that people with learning disabilities have been treated throughout the first wave of the pandemic.
From the outset, BASW has viewed the proposed role for care home managers as unworkable and is pleased to see the government’s recognition of sector opposition to the proposal.
Felicity Brown is the lucky 14,000 member and will be receiving a gift from SWU to celebrate such an incredible milestone.
There are calls from across Parliament to recognise that people living in care and health settings need to see their loved ones through family member and social worker visits.
Our profession remains strong and sustained by the ethics and purpose that we share with our sister organisations across the globe.
Find out what the team in Scotland have been doing on behalf of members this week.
The online event, which takes place on 4 December, aims to promote the self-care and wellbeing of social workers in Scotland.
BASW Cymru is working with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Health and Social Services Lead for Plaid Cymru, on changing the latest guidance around care home visits in Wales.
Read Meryl Williams' blog on how the pilot is developing...
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
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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.
