BASW England is creating a toolkit to inform employers and the government about what support social workers need to enable more relationship-based practice.
This year’s awards celebrate recipients who have made an exceptional contribution to their community and public life and undertaken voluntary services.
The struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights remains urgent and necessary. How have social workers responded so far, and what can we, as a profession centred on social justice, do about it? A blog from Lizzie Furber (they/them), Principal Social Worker with DCC-i, a social work training and consultancy organisation.
The Safe Care at Home Review was produced as the result of evidence presented during the passage of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 by Peers and the disability sector on the abuse against people receiving care in their own homes.
BASW’s Diaspora Social Work Special Interest Group (SIG) have developed and published new standards to support international social workers coming to the UK and their employers.
BASW has joined with Article 39 and other campaign groups ahead of a key debate on the Illegal Migration Bill to persuade parliamentarians to reject proposals that would radically reshape England’s child welfare system.
BASW welcomes the UK Government’s decision, announced by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC in the House of Commons on 27 June 2023, not to proceed with their proposed Bill of Rights.