As the world remembers the persecution of Jews in Nazi Europe on Holocaust Memorial Day, BASW highlights the role of social workers in standing up against injustice and supporting the most vulnerable...
Daughter of Kindertransport Jew fleeing Nazi persecution says support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in UK is inadequate.
BASW's Acting Chief Executive Bridget Robb backs concerns raised by the Local Government Association over adoption reforms in England which could see the role of councils reduced.
BASW Cymru criticises pay hikes to senior managers in two Welsh authorities while social workers suffer from salary freezes and austerity cutbacks.
Each year BASW Cymru organises the Social Work Awards, highlighting the successful practice demonstrated by social work professionals throughout Wales. This year will be the fourth time the...
BASW Cymru will be celebrating World Social Work Day on 20th March 2013 at The BASW Cymru Office, 1 Caspian Point, Pierhead Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 4DQ between 11.30 – 2.00 Speakers...
Interview with the Government's 'adoption tsar' Martin Narey to feature in February's issue of Professional Social Work magazine.
The BASW Social Media Policy, launched today, emphasises how Facebook, Twitter and other similar online platforms offer the means to benefit social work practice, boost CPD opportunities and open up...
Social media is a growing issue for social workers, in terms of how they employ these communications platforms in their professional and personal lives. We see its prevalence in discussions about...
BASW Council has completed the independent investigation into allegations made about the conduct of suspended Chief Executive Hilton Dawson. Following a subsequent period of mediation, recommended by...
NIASW held a very successful meeting with Minister for Health, Edwin Poots, on 14 January to discuss the Association's recent survey of Northern Ireland practitioners, ‘Social Work not Paperwork’....
Ofsted has reclassified Kent's children's services from "inadequate" to "adequate" after a two-year £30million improvement drive but BASW warned Government cuts are putting children at risk across...
An 'adoption hotspots' map launched by the Government today is described as a "simplistic approach" to a complex issue by BASW's Acting Chief Executive Bridget Robb.
As new research highlights the need for social workers to develop emotional resilience, BASW stresses employers also have a part to play in protecting staff from the danger of burnout.
Following reports that 8,425 from an estimated 88,000 social workers have not registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in England, BASW professional officer Joe Godden is...
Independent practitioners interested in leading a BASW CPD seminar for other social workers should get in touch with specific proposals for the training sessions they could present. BASW, in...
BASW's Acting Chief Executive Bridget Robb uses a column in The Times to respond to ministerial plans for all children in England who are admitted to hospital accident and emergency departments to be...
House of Lords backs BASW stance against Government claims that "politically correct" social workers are preventing ethnic children from getting adopted by white candidates. An inquiry by peers also...
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January and this year's theme is on connecting people within their communities. There are a number of activities taking place so find out how you can get...
BASW would like to wish all members a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. The last year has been a hugely challenging one for the profession once again, and we hope for better things for all social...
Northern Ireland’s health minister Edwin Poots has agreed to meet social workers in the country to discuss their concern that excessive paperwork is stopping them from seeing families. Mr Poots...
All the staff at NIASW would like to wish all members a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. The last year has been a hugely challenging one for the profession once again, and we hope for better...
Another year is almost done and the time to reflect on the year just gone while making resolutions for the year ahead is nearly upon us. Away from our private lives, things are no less simple....
The England team would like to wish you a good Christmas break and wish you all a happy new year. The month leading up to Christmas made no allowances for festivities, starting with the second...
A very merry Christmas and happy new year to you all from BASW Cymru. We have a host of activities planned for the new year which will continue to support social workers and raise the profile of...
We wish you all a lovely Christmas and a peaceful new year. While we look forward to the coming year and what it could bring for social workers in Northern Ireland, this is also a good opportunity...
Writing in the Huffington Post, BASW's press officer debunks the stats being used to promote the Troubled Families initiative.
The current International Definition of Social Work is now under review. It has served us well as we have used it to influence politicians and policy makers about the actual role of social workers in...
BASW is undertaking a UK-wide Strategic Review which has prompted us to take a look at our traditional branch structure in Scotland, which was based on the nine regional councils of the 1970s....
BASW would like to wish all members a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. It has been a hugely challenging year for the profession once again and we hope for better things for all social workers...
New position for West Wales to promote health and wellbeing of people living in rural areas.
Anonymous egg, sperm and embryo donors … please read this! Did you donate your eggs, sperm or embryos before April 2005? Are you interested in the outcome? Have you ever wondered whether anyone...
BASW’s Special Interest Group (SIG) on Alcohol and Other Drugs has produced five pocket guides to put basic information, hints, tips and reminders literally into the hands of frontline practitioners.
Social care teams in Wales are invited to get their work recognised by entering the Social Care Accolades 2013 awards before the 1 February deadline.
BASW is advising social workers not to blur professional boundaries during the festive season and to think about the consequences for their own privacy and safety.
BASW is pleased to hear a pledge of support from care services minister Norman Lamb MP for the social work view that long term care for adults with disabilities should be based on treating the person...
BASW England Manager Ruth Cartwright on why the social work profession should support nurses.
The imposition of six month targets for placing children in care for adoption will lead to rushed and inadequate assessments, potentially making the process too fast for would-be adopters and open to...
Recent successes in reducing crime and reoffending rates across England and Wales could be jeopardised by cuts to the youth justice service and by the marginalisation of the social work role, MPs...
As Chancellor George Osborne unveils his autumn statement, BASW acting chief executive Bridget Robb considers the implications for social workers in a blog for Community Care.
A children's social worker from Peterborough who qualified just three years ago won the top honour at the Social Worker of the Year Awards for England, co-sponsored by BASW. Estelle Thain, who works...
The second stage of an inquiry by MPs into the state of social work heard a wave of additional evidence from frontline social workers about why child protection practice is in a parlous condition and...
Northern Ireland social workers doing 20-60 extra hours a month as paperwork takes its toll
First UK guidance for journalists reporting on child abuse and neglect cases is launched on day Leveson Inquiry into the press is published.
New guidance for child abuse reporting launched in Northern Ireland a potential blueprint for more constructive relationship between media and care professionals.
SOCIAL WORK NOT PAPERWORK: MEDIA COVERAGE See links below for how the Northern Ireland media has reported on the findings of NIASW's survey http://www.u.tv/News/NI-social-work-two-thirds-...
BASW statement on Rotherham council's removal of three children from a foster couple.
HCPC has extended the deadline for social workers in England to register after revealing 21,000 have yet to do so.
It has been an exciting month at NIASW as we launched our survey, Social Work Not Paperwork – Cutting Bureaucracy in Childcare Social Work. You can read more about this below and on page 06. Many...
Responding to the publication of the findings of a nationwide Inquiry by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, BASW has called on society to stop tolerating the promotion of sexualised images of...
Concerns such as those highlighted today over failing children’s services at Doncaster will remain unless bureaucracy is reduced and cuts reversed to allow social workers to do their job, warned BASW...
Commenting on a speech on child protection given by Education Secretary Michael Gove MP at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) that advocated an expansion in the care system, with more...
Andrew Ellery, Social Worker and BASW member, assesses the Frontline scheme.
Blog by Ruth Stark, manager of the Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW), on what have we learnt about organised sexual abuse, repeat offenders and the long term effects of the offending on...
The latest details on the Health and Care Professions Council's (HCPC) campaign to ensure social workers in England renew their registration and don't lose their right to practise as a social worker.
BASW has hit out at Sandwell Council’s decision to award a £1.5m 30-month contract to management consultancy firm iMPOWER to run its children’s services.
MPs acknowledge "crisis" in social work after professional testimonials underline concerns raised in BASW's State of Social Work survey.
BASW welcomed a report by MPs on the House of Commons Education Select Committee, highlighting failings in the care system for older children, but warned the situation would get worse unless the...
Lords inquiry warned social workers are straining under increased workload as more children come into care in a climate of service cuts.
BASW's acting chief executive Bridget Robb argues spending more on extended support for care leavers is not only the right thing to do morally, it also makes economic sense.