The UK government’s decision to place the planned Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS) on hold for England, Northern Ireland and Wales has been swiftly followed by confirmation that a similar...
Social work numbers in Scotland increased by 3% last year, according to Scottish Government statistics published late last month.
Serious concerns have been raised about plans to strengthen social work following the announcement of draconian cuts to the public sector in the budget earlier this week.
The children’s minister Tim Loughton has told BASW he will press the Treasury to fund existing child protection services and any measures to emerge from Professor Eileen Munro’s review of child...
BASW has responded to the UK coalition government’s first budget by issuing a stark warning that cuts which fail to protect social work services will put the lives of vulnerable children and adults...
A social work student who was convicted of a string of frauds totalling more than £70,000 has been removed from the social care register.
The Interim Board of the College of Social Work is looking for ten volunteers to lead the initial development of a college and BASW is keen to ensure that independent members are involved in order to...
Plans to give social work a global political voice have taken another step forward with agreement on proposals for an agenda to tackle deepening economic and social crises across the world.
New figures show a marked upturn in students joining social work degree courses in Scotland, according to the Scottish Social Services Council.
Thousands of older people’s lives could be placed at risk if social care budgets are slashed in tomorrow’s Budget, Age UK has warned.
Long-serving social workers at Nottinghamshire county council have had their annual leave cut by three days.
A study of newly qualified social workers has found that most wanted to quit after a year because of a combination of work pressures and lack of support.
BASW has welcomed a report that says social workers could not have anticipated Shannon Matthews’s abduction or her mother’s involvement in it.
A new website offering social workers practical advice on human rights has been launched by two leading global social work organisations.
BASW issued a firm welcome to a UK government plan to publish serious case reviews in full, with identifying details removed.
The £23 million local social work improvement fund will be available to local authority children’s services in 2010-11, the new Department for Education has confirmed in a written parliamentary...
The poor and vulnerable are being forced to bear the costs of bailing out the banks, International Federation of Social Workers president David Jones told the World Conference on Social Work in Hong...
A social worker has been removed from the social care register for frequently accessing pornography at work during his time employed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.
A top United Nations official has called on social workers to collaborate with the UN on achieving the millennium development goals to cut world poverty.
Local authorities could see an increase of more than a third in the number of children going into the care system in 2011-2012 based on predictions from recent increases in child protection referrals...
A new review of child protection work promises to cut down on the paperwork confronting social workers in their jobs.
The coalition government has controversially decided to press ahead with plans to cap the court fees for independent social workers (ISWs), BASW Online has learned.
More than 2,500 social workers from across the globe are coming together this week at the Joint World Conference in Hong Kong.
Social workers in Derby will begin industrial action this week after learning that their car allowances will be cut.
Ministerial responsibility for social work reform has been given to Tim Loughton, the parliamentary under secretary for children and families in the new Department for Education.
Ofsted has praised Plymouth Council’s children’s services department for the way it handled a high-profile child protection investigation.
Money should not be a barrier to making sure vulnerable looked-after children get the best possible care, according to a 10-month inquiry by the National Assembly for Wales into the placement of...
Scottish children’s minister Adam Ingram has launched draft child protection guidance which covers areas including online safety and child trafficking.
Social workers are almost unanimous in the view that any cuts to social work services would leave already massively understaffed child protection teams less able to keep vulnerable young people safe...
A fall in the number of young people in prison has not resulted in improved conditions for the majority of incarcerated young people, The Howard League for Penal Reform has warned.
A brand new debating ground has been opened on BASW’s website in the form of a new discussion forum, designed to allow social workers to discuss the issues pertinent to you.
After a resounding victory in its national referendum, BASW is set to rejoin the government-backed development group taking forward plans for a College of Social Work.
BASW’s Advice and Representation Service has urged social workers to be allowed to re-register while they are suspended from duties as news emerged that the two social workers at the centre of the...
A former social worker at Birmingham City Council, Angela Turner, has been removed from the Social Care Register for allegations including inappropriate and abusive language towards a service user.
Social work interventions have cut child deaths and improved the life chances for vulnerable young people, the BASW England conference heard last week.
It’s time for social work to get off its collective knees and launch a revolution in the great May tradition, says BASW chief executive Hilton Dawson in his PSW column next month.
The Liberal Democrat Party pledged to integrate health and social care services in its manifesto published this week.
No mention of social work was included in the Conservative party manifesto published earlier this week. Despite 52 references to the word ‘social’ and a focus on the concept of the ‘Big Society’, the...
Former Plymouth City Council social worker Charon Rae Salisbury has been removed from the Social Care Register following a General Social Care Council (GSCC) conduct hearing this week.