BASW England’s Maris Stratulis reflects on week 3 of World Social Work Month and pays tribute to social workers across England, the UK and the world – before looking ahead to next week of #WSWmonth led by the Scottish Association of Social Workers.
Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, SASW have written to Universities and Social Work Employers on the issue of anti-racist social work practice
20 March 2021 is UN Anti-Racism Day, organised by Stand Up To Racism and the TUC. The Social Workers Union (SWU) supports this international day of action to unite against racism, antisemitism, anti-Roma racism, Islamophobia, Sinophobia, and fascism.
Children as young as three were shipped abroad with the promise of a better life – only to find themselves enduring a life of child slavery, abuse and neglect.
As social workers, we must do better, not only to protect our female-majority workforce, but also to champion the rights of the women and girls we support