PSW takes a look at the seven core themes outlined in the terms of reference ...
During Children's Mental Health Week, Emily Aklan says the unnecessary and unregulated physical restraining of children is a shocking practice that must be addressed...
Isabelle Trowler, England's chief social worker, spoke movingly about losing her mother to coronavirus...
The use of personal protective equipment is a complex issue and much less straightforward for social workers than the government would have us think, says senior practitioner Colin Mabbutt as he...
BASW England professional officer and activist Wayne Reid on why social work must continue to promote anti-racism long after the media focus on Black Lives Matter has gone
Honorary member Chris Perry was present at the birth of BASW. As the association celebrates its 50th year, he reflects on how it and the profession has changed – and what being a member has meant to...
For Disability History Month and to mark 25 years since the Disability Discrimination Act came into being, practitioner Vikki Walton-Cole shares her vision of what an inclusive social work profession...
An all-Ireland study provides an interesting insight into how social workers see themselves
An agency advert suggesting fosterers can relinquish responsibility for fostered children when they turn 18 caused upset. Here Rebekah Pierre, who spent time in care as a child, explains why
The global pandemic has shown that disaster work should be a core social work skill, says Lena Dominelli as she launches a new CPD programme and a MSc to plug the gap
Agency under fire for suggesting people in foster care will be 'moved out' to state support soon as they turn 18 ...
With lockdown 2 in England from today and restrictions in play across the UK, social worker Naomi Coupland shares lessons from lockdown 1
Stella Murray's powerful and moving account of working as a palliative care social worker...
As Black History Month comes to an end, BASW Cymru chair Neeta Baicher says tackling racism and prejudice has to be about more than words
Mariah Wilde, a graduate from England’s mental health social work programme Think Ahead, on her journey so far…
Social work education should be leading the way in challenging 'white privilege' in academia but is not, says a black social work lecturer...
Ahead of Book Week Scotland, social work academics Autumn Roesch-Marsh and Ariane Critchley look at what poetry has to teach social workers
A poem about being a black social worker by Julian Blake
As ministers reject free holiday school meals for the most disadvantaged in England
Maggie Fogarty reviews Radio 4's The Spark with QC Chris Daw who believes prisons do more harm than good...
