The plight of women with no recourse to public funds and those trapped in abusive relationships because of fears of being deported were highlighted at the BASW England Conference.
Pressures on families were seen as contextual and not of people's own making during the pandemic. The same perspective needed to apply now as food and fuel insecurity rises, expert says.
BASW England’s chair has warned of a “perfect storm” in the year ahead for social work against a backdrop of greater pressure on people and cuts to public services.
There has been a 63 per cent increase this year in the number of social workers applying for financial help from the Social Work Benevolent Trust, the BASW Annual Members Meeting heard.