Underfunding and implementation issues risk souring policy to give 18-year-olds the option to stay with foster carers
A Review that aids understanding of what causes children to develop mental health problems and what can be done to help is launched today at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society...
Public Health England has published a range of blogposts for a week of action on getting it right for children and young people. The week of action marks the formal, final stage of the transfer of...
The number of children being made subject to special guardianship orders (SGOs) is continuing to rise, government figures have shown.
BASW is pleased to announce that the legal transfer of functions from The College of Social Work (TCSW) to the BASW Trust has been formally agreed and signed. The agreement for the transfer was...
World Mental Health Day takes place this Saturday, 10 October and it’s pertinent that this year the event will have dignity as its central theme. Perceptions and attitudes towards mental health...
The only difference between service users and professionals is circumstance, was the message from an award-winning Welsh social worker. Joanna Thomas said social workers were “privileged” to work...
In the face of negative publicity and cuts to services, social workers are starting to find their voice, says Anna McLaughlin. Here she explains why she is involved in setting up a new BASW branch...
Social work is often vilified because it does the “dirty work” of sorting out society’s problems that many would prefer not to acknowledge existed. In the face of this, it's vital the profession...
“Marginalised, impoverished and ignored” communities are a far greater risk to Britain's stability than migration, the head of the British Association of Social Workers warned. Bridget Robb spoke...
If social work fails to speak out for people struggling on society’s margins it loses something “intrinsically important” to itself, the man responsible for social services in Wales said....
The Department for Education’s (DfE) statistics for Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) for the year ending 31 March 2015, highlight government failure to improve...
Presentations from the Increasing access to mental health care conference on 8 September are now available to download and watch. Highlights include Geraldine Strathdee on the NHS five year forward...
In an article in the Guardian, NSPCC evaluation officers share top tips on how to evaluate services, help children understand the process and deal with any ethical issues.
A ’one-stop‘ resource on Syrian resettlement has been placed on the LGA website. We are continuing to work closely with the Government and councils to co-ordinate offers of help and to draw up a...
The National Information Board, in conjunction with NHS England, the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) and the LGA, has published guidance to support local health and care systems...
Today, BASW UK Chief Executive and General Secretary of SWU Bridget Robb announced her intention to retire. Therefore she will stand down from her joint role at the AGM in 2016. Bridget Robb’s...
Sunday 4 October 2015, 11.00am - 16.00pm, Manchester SWU says: “No to austerity, yes to workers' rights” As the Conservative Party Conference meets in Manchester this year, SWU members are being...
Following a week in Westminster where mental health has been a hot topic, BASW England says service users need to be placed in a central position in this debate.
In a ground-breaking move, the government has launched a new online tool for schools across the country to give parents the best possible advice and tips on preparing their children for adult life....
Right Here was a five-year young people’s mental health and wellbeing programme developed and managed by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Mental Health Foundation. It funded four local partnerships...
Today MPs will debate the government's proposed Trade Union Bill. The Bill proposes new higher thresholds that strike ballots must meet and restrictions on picketing. The Social Workers Union (...
BASW Chief Executive Bridget Robb says the swell of support for Jeremy Corbyn as new Leader of the Labour Party shows how out of touch the Government is about the public appetite for privatisation.
BASW CEO Bridget Robb has described the publication of the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) review as ‘the first step in a wider discussion of its future’. As the preferred bidder for the...
An action plan to help social workers fight against austerity measures is to be drawn up by the International Federation of Social Workers. The move was announced by Secretary-General Rory Truell...
ENGLAND (SEE BELOW FOR OTHER COUNTRIES IN UK) National Demonstration, 12 September 2015 Assemble Marble Arch 12 Noon March to Downing Street Date: Saturday 12 September 2015 at...
A plea to bring more “humanity” into caring has been made by Graham Morgan, Manager of Inverness-based user group HUG (Action for Mental Health). He was describing the psychiatrists, nurses and...
A weekly meal in a homely setting is being used by Danish social workers to help at risk young people to make positive transitions into adulthood. The scheme called Vikasku in the Danish city of...
More than 200 social workers from across Europe staged a candle-lit vigil in Edinburgh to show solidarity to refugees arriving on the continent. Holding banners saying “Welcome refugees”, “...
Social workers need to get political in the face of the creep of privatisation and commecial interests running services. That was the message from a seminar to discuss the trend held at the...
Social work is a “human rights” profession that should celebrate its achievements supporting “those who are voiceless” in society. That was the message from Christina Martin, European President...
The head of the British Association of Social Workers called on people to “walk the streets” in protest against the British Government’s response to Europe’s refugee crisis. Bridget Robb...
Social work needs to reaffirm its historic mandate to stand up against social injustice rather than focusing on “rescuing” people from the margins of society. The call came from leading European...
NASA’s method of investigating mistakes in space should be reproduced within social services departments. Instead of blaming the astronauts, the space agency encourages open discussion of errors...
Women too poor to pay human traffickers in cash to escape conflict are paying with their bodies and some are arriving in Europe pregnant, according to a German voluntary organisation. Caritas...
The biggest gathering of social workers in Europe kicked off in Edinburgh today, 6 September, to discuss how best to support people and communities in a changing landscape across the continent....
The CWIP project team are pleased to share with you the final version of their Children and Youth Services Review article; 'Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services:...
What a year! Last year BASW membership grew from our record-breaking membership of 16,000 to over 18,500, with record numbers in all countries. This is a massive thank you to you all ‐ existing and...
BASW is calling on the British Government to receive those fleeing war, persecution, and devastation in their home countries with respect and dignity and is urging its members to sign a petition to...
The NSPCC’s Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) is working with Vietnam, Nigeria and Romania to help stop vulnerable children from being trafficked into the UK. Thousands of vulnerable...