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Lock-down and social distancing have shown to have the potential to exacerbate domestic abuse and situations which were already high risk.

Give us your views on a potential celebration for Students and NQSW and Social Workers

BASW responds to the Westminster Government’s announcement to ease some lockdown measures.

Week 5 of the BASW weekly video update by Ruth Allen BASW CEO during Covid-19

BASW England highlight the ongoing concerns being raised by social workers including shortage of PPE and ask for clearer understanding of people's vulnerability to Covid-19 including why BAME health and care workers are disproportionately affected

‘Imposing another age of austerity after the coronavirus crisis will have a profound impact on societies most vulnerable people’ suggests John McGowan, General Secretary, Social Workers Union (SWU). ‘The possible extent and impact on local authorities' social care budgets will also be massive but cutting spending, after a decade of cuts, would be hugely damaging’.

Invitation to participate in research by the International Federation of Social Workers and an international social work ethics research group

The welfare and safeguarding of children is undermined by The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

We asked domestic abuse survivors what they would like to see social work doing more of, as part of the launch of our domestic abuse practice guidance.