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  • COVID 19
    • BASW action during COVID
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    • Test, Safe Access, Promote Rights
  • What we do
    • Campaigns
    • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
    • Policy and research
    • Around the UK
    • International Work
    • Social work conferences UK
    • Groups and networks
    • Financial support for social workers
    • BASW at 50 years
    • World Social Work Month 2022
  • Membership
    • Join BASW
    • Why become a member?
    • Membership types
    • Independent members
    • Renewals
    • BeBASW - promotional material
  • Training/CPD
    • Professional Development
    • Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF)
    • Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) 2020
    • Webinars, training courses and online events
    • Let's Talk Social Work Podcast
    • Quality assurance in practice learning (QAPL)
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    • Become a social worker
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    • The British Journal of Social Work
    • Find a specialist
    • Practice: Social Work in Action
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    • BASW action during COVID
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    • Test, Safe Access, Promote Rights
  • What we do
    • Campaigns
      • Anti-austerity and anti-poverty
      • Professional working conditions
      • Relationship-based practice
      • Homelessness
    • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
    • Policy and research
      • BASW in Parliament
      • Untested models
      • Social work knowledge and research
      • BASW's social media policy
      • BASW human rights policy
      • BASW whistleblowing policy
      • Brexit
    • Around the UK
      • Cymru
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      • England
      • Northern Ireland
      • Scotland
    • International Work
      • International Development Fund (IDF)
      • IFSW and other international social work organisations
      • Influencing social work policy in the Commonwealth
      • War in Ukraine
    • Social work conferences UK
    • Groups and networks
      • Local branches and networks
      • Thematic groups
      • Special interest groups
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      • BASW England Committee groups
      • Practice, policy and education groups (PPEGs)
      • Scottish reference groups
    • Financial support for social workers
      • Social Workers’ Benevolent Trust
      • Social Workers’ Educational Trust
    • BASW at 50 years
    • World Social Work Month 2022
  • Membership
    • Join BASW
    • Why become a member?
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    • Independent members
      • Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for Independents
      • Independents Directory
      • Independents Local Networks
      • Umbrella service companies & tax avoidance scheme investigations
    • Renewals
    • BeBASW - promotional material
  • Training/CPD
    • Professional Development
    • Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF)
    • Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) 2020
    • Webinars, training courses and online events
    • Let's Talk Social Work Podcast
    • Quality assurance in practice learning (QAPL)
  • Resources
    • Become a social worker
      • What do social workers do?
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