PSW magazine

BASW England’s chair has warned of a “perfect storm” in the year ahead for social work against a backdrop of greater pressure on people and cuts to public services.

'We will call out weakness' promise BASW leaders

There has been a 63 per cent increase this year in the number of social workers applying for financial help from the Social Work Benevolent Trust, the BASW Annual Members Meeting heard.

The pandemic has resulted in ‘new social work skills’ including being able to function in an online world, BASW’s annual student and NQSW conference heard.

Students encouraged to speak up

Mandatory reporting among recommendations in final report of Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Independent review into the system also recommends ending use of agency workers

Student notes from Georgiana Ndlovu who is studying for an MSc in social work

Honest, hardhitting and reflective - PSW's secret social worker diarist tells it like it is from the frontline.

A word of advice from Alasdair Kennedy