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A full day conference looking at the role of social workers in disasters will be taking place on the 2nd of December 2019 in Birmingham, organised by BASW. As part of this conference, new CPD guidance on training social workers in working in disasters will be launched. In this blog I will introduce this guidance and how explain how it fits into broader efforts to enhance the role of social workers in this vital area.

BASW England supports the call from the Education Policy Institute for a concerted child poverty reduction strategy and to invest in high quality early intervention services in all areas.

Calum Glasgow reflects on the relationships he built on a placement that led him to winning Student Social Worker of the Year at the 12th Annual SASW Awards.

BASW PO Gavin Moorghen was once audited by HCPC, here he outlines what you need to do if you get the call.

After a well-received talk last year on youth violence, the Birmingham & Solihull branch is focussing this year’s event on social media and county lines

BASW is urging Government to end austerity now and develop a strategy to tackle the scandalous growing levels of poverty across the UK.

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These legislative proposals will roll back human rights rather than uphold them.