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A social worker's alternative New Year's Honours list Each January, PSW asks a social worker to deliver their personal gongs. This year, it’s the turn of BASW chair Julia Ross In focus 1 Feb 2024
Legal challenge aims to extend LA employment rights to foster carers Test case could have major repercussions for local authorities News 1 Feb 2024
Councils continue to fight SEND appeals despite losing most cases at tribunal Cost to the public purse estimated at close to £100 million - cost to children and families 'incalculable' News 31 Jan 2024
Six types of social worker - which are you? Daniel Thompson outlines common characteristics which practitioners are likely to see in themselves In focus 29 Jan 2024
When reputation rules: what the Post Office scandal and the Lucy Letby case can tell social work Striking parallels in how managers behaved in the Horizon Post Office scandal and over the murder of babies by nurse Lucy Letby contain important lessons for the social work profession, says Brian Littlechild. Viewpoint 29 Jan 2024
Poor mental health and sexual/criminal exploitation increasing factors in child assessments Study of 3.6 million social work reports gives important insights News 29 Jan 2024
Social workers to face greater press and public scrutiny as more family courts open up Pilots allowing journalists and bloggers to report on proceedings expanded across England and Wales News 29 Jan 2024
What does it mean to be a social worker? Practitioner Jaison Musindo says it in verse News 29 Jan 2024
Seven ways in which climate change is a child protection issue Campaigners say professionals should add it to safeguarding referrals News 23 Jan 2024
Listen to social workers if you want to tackle poverty, says BASW chief Dr Ruth Allen’s message to politicians in wake of disturbing new report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation News 23 Jan 2024