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The Department of Education (DfE) has published ‘Confidence in Practice’, the long-awaited government response to the National Assessment and Accreditation Scheme (NAAS) Consultation. This is a...
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The Department for Education and the Department of Health have launched the recruitment of the Chair and CEO of Social Work England.
The process of exiting the European Union is proving to be a complicated and ever-evolving one. The BASW UK position reflects on how Brexit will affect the social work profession and what must be...
We are pleased that the Department for Education has now published the consultation response to National Assessment and Accreditation Scheme (NAAS). This is an important part of the current social...
In February 2016 the DfE announced that an Expert Working Group would be created to ensure that the emotional and mental health needs of children and young people in care, adopted from care, under...
The department is seeking views on the Knowledge and skills statement for adult social work supervisors, to make sure it covers the key skills and knowledge needed to support high quality, reflective...
BASW has called for the abolition of the UK Government’s two child cap on Universal Credit and on Child Tax Credits. The policy will place more families into poverty and expose more women and...