BASW would like to hear your views and experiences of civil participation – the involvement of people, communities, people that use services, employers with government policy and to shape services.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for four BASW NI member positions on the Northern Ireland National Standing Committee (NSC), including the role of Chair.
Our Communications & Policy Officer, Emily Galloway, writes about the importance of evidence informing planning post-Brexit - and how a Private Members Bill could help make that happen for health...
Today’s Queen Speech highlighted a raft of legislation for the year ahead, with some key announcements on social work.
Social work practice and the needs of people who use services should drive the development and use of digital technology, concludes a new report published today by the Social Care Institute for...
BASW CEO Ruth Allen reflects on the state of mental health and social policies in the UK and argues for the pressing need to shift to social and relationship-based approaches and a social justice...
UK social workers are being urged to share their stories of people who use their services that are experiencing poverty and/or social exclusion.
BASW England has responded to the Department of Health & Social Care’s consultation on Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s
BASW is delighted that 15 of our members have been recognised for their outstanding work by being nominated for the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2019.
BASW Chair, Gerry Nosowska, reports back on the latest Council meeting
During Challenge Poverty Week, SASW are raising awareness of the impact of poverty on families - and the BASW Anti-Poverty Practice Guide.
BASW England’s Adults Practice, Policy and Education (PPEG) group is pleased that the Ombudsman for Local Government and Social Care has given advice to local authorities about principles they must...
Since the government announced the plan to publish a green paper in 2017 on adult social care, BASW England has continued to develop a response. This consultation document summaries ideas and seeks...
SASW supports the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, which MSPs are due to vote on on Thursday 3rd October.
The Scottish Government has announced that the Named Person and Child's Plan Proposals will no longer go ahead as planned...
BASW England and SWU have completed our survey of members and formulated our response for both, the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) ‘Children Cases in the Family Court consultation’ on...
BASW England and SWU have completed our survey of members and formulated our response for the Consultation for NICE guideline on Supporting Adult Carers.
BASW Cymru deeply is deeply concerned by and condemns the news of violence towards a social worker by a client in Bridgend. Social worker Gail Cotten was assaulted in the car park of the Bridgend...
BASW Cymru met with student social worker and BASW member Becky Salter to discuss her experiences so far and about being a BASW member. Becky previously had a career in children’s services as a...
BASW launches the Capabilities Statement for Social Work with Autistic Adults
Feed your views into the BASW 2025 vision.
There have been a couple of events in recent weeks that have sharpened (my already sharp) focus on the identity of social workers in Wales and how the profession communicates this
BASW NI took the opportunity to respond to the Department of Health’s targeted consultation on the Review Tribunal Rules Amendments to facilitate the implementation of DOLS under the new Mental...
This year, BASW's fringe events at both the Labour and Liberal Democrats’ party-political conferences have yielded a growing recognition among party members of all stripes that social workers...
The British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW NI) has written to the Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and Work and Pensions calling for the Government to avoid damaging...
We are offering free two-hour workshops, across Northern Ireland, to share the ground-breaking BASW commissioned research into the experiences of social workers who practiced during the four decades...
This followed the publication of the BASW NI report “Insult and Injury: Exploring the impacts of intimidation, threats and violence against social workers” in June of the same year. The remit has...
IFSW Europe executive and all social work associations urged to write to British government to recognise and mitigate risks of Brexit to the profession and social work services.
Today, on the beginning of the Global Climate Strike protests, BASW has launched its Sustainability Statement to outline our plans as an organisation to tackle climate crisis.
BASW Chair, Gerry Nosowska, discusses BASW’s role in Europe and beyond
Born out of the Boot Out Austerity Group, AAG is marching on, tackling the same crucial strands in society – poverty and inequality – that continue to negatively affect people who use social services.
BASW Cymru met with social worker and 20 year BASW member Jonathan Pearce this week to find out what it’s like to be a palliative care social worker in Wales.
Read the first blog post from our National Director, Alistair Brown, who updates members on our work over the last year.
Find out more about our three focus areas within the Programme for Government.
Social workers attending training to prepare them to practice under the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 are being informed they will need to secure professional indemnity insurance.
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Europe member organisations have jointly released a statement expressing concern at the growing social crisis in Europe.
The British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW NI) warmly welcomes a report produced by two influential Westminster committees which recommends extending, for a further four years,...
Opportunity for social work practitioners to collaborate with academics
BASW Ipswich branch chair, Julia Winkless, met with Suffolk County Councillor Gordon Jones last week along with BASW professional officer Keri O’Riordan, to discuss the ongoing closure of children’s...
With a no deal Brexit currently being debated and being subject to the outcome of a potential general election, BASW is reiterating its position against leaving the EU without a deal.
