The ongoing work to improve working conditions for social workers made another positive impact today as BASW Cymru National director, Allison Hulmes, and SWU general secretary, John McGowan, met with Julie Morgan AM - Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services.
Views sought: The Victims’ Commissioner is currently undertaking a deep dive review into the experiences of children and young people as victims of domestic abuse and their potential subsequent involvement in criminality such as county lines and serious youth violence.
Research by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has found that 133,000 young people referred to specialist mental health services in England were rejected in 2018-19, despite increased government investment and that referral rates vary considerably across the country
For WSWD 2020 we are excited to share that BASW is planning a series of events across the UK – to celebrate World Social Work day with as many teams, services and individuals as possible
Ruth Allen CEO BASW reflects on the year ahead: We need to be ready and strong - not only to respond, but to shape and create the narrative and the vision for now and tomorrow.
We are developing additional resources and activities to support social workers working with autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities to help embed the frameworks into social work practice. Share you view to help shape the resources.
Despite the inclusion of a bill to repeal the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is highly likely that this Parliament will last four to five years so the contents of today’s Queen’s Speech will lay out what we can expect during this time.