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The coronavirus crisis has inevitably meant that BASW has had to change how we prioritise our work, deliver our services and represent the profession. Find out how we have transformed our services.

Social workers and social care workers should be given the opportunity to be tested for COVID19, there should be testing in the community and staff who need access to PPE must be given these resources as a minimum right

Open letter to the Director General for Global and Public Health, Department of Health and Social Care

BASW Cymru urges Welsh Government to make available the guidance that social workers need to fulfil their statutory functions, including information on how they receive training in understanding the changes.

We would like to send our heartfelt condolences to the families of the two people who have lost their lives in these awful circumstances.

Read our briefing to MSPs raising our key concerns in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill.

For social workers to do their work efficiently and compassionately during the coronavirus pandemic they must be safe, we therefore look forward to receiving guidance on PPE, followed by the necessary equipment.

This briefing is a general introduction to the Coronavirus Act 2020 as it relates to social work practice.

This Ethical Guidance for Social Workers aims to respond to the very specific circumstances generated by COVID-19 which disrupts health, care, safeguarding and support services.