News

Our profession remains strong and sustained by the ethics and purpose that we share with our sister organisations across the globe.

There are calls from across Parliament to recognise that people living in care and health settings need to see their loved ones through family member and social worker visits.

BASW Cymru is working with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Health and Social Services Lead for Plaid Cymru, on changing the latest guidance around care home visits in Wales.

The online event, which takes place on 4 December, aims to promote the self-care and wellbeing of social workers in Scotland.

Read Meryl Williams' blog on how the pilot is developing

The new Scottish Act removes any doubt that physical discipline is not acceptable and can only assist social workers when doing multifaceted assessments of families.

As social workers we will often see, first-hand, what poverty can do to children and their families.

Safe access to care and health settings for social workers as professional visitors is essential

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update from Westminster.