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Dr Jenni Burton explores her experience as a practice educator mentor during the pandemic - and some of the issues arising whilst using the refreshed PEPS.

The Social Workers Union (SWU) is pleased to announce that the two motions we presented at the GFTU’s Biennial General Council Meeting on 17 May 2021 were unanimously passed.

The petition, which has over 13,000 signatures, opened a discussion about how best to protect social workers at work

BASW England is calling for reform to social care that goes beyond addressing the injustices of social care funding.

Find out what the team in Scotland have been doing on behalf of members this week

BASW England is concerned about reports of some service users who have decided not to use local services because they cannot afford to pay

The focus of the new briefing paper ‘The State of End-of-Life Care’, from the Institute for Public Policy Research particularly significant at a time when we have collectively faced death

Any plan that does not centre the rights and dignity of people of all ages is not an immigration and asylum system that we could support.

Ruth Allen CEO highlights the purpose and role of the Council of Europe - and its huge importance to social work in these uncertain times.

BASW also submitted an accompanying letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, highlighting issues that we feel are fundamental to improving the operation of the MHA, but which BASW felt were not adequately addressed in the consultation itself.