In hard times, hard-pressed social workers cannot be the only resource England’s regulator of social work must call on the government to create the right conditions for practice to flourish, says Christian Kerr Viewpoint 11 Aug 2022
Councils continue to fight SEND appeals despite losing most cases at tribunal Cost to the public purse estimated at close to £100 million - cost to children and families 'incalculable' News 31 Jan 2024
‘Nobody ever punished anyone out of addiction’ Scotland’s drug deaths reinforce the need for a significant rethink of substance misuse policy, writes Alison Bavidge Viewpoint 21 Sep 2020
Reputation risk being put before individuals, says England's Chief Inspector of Prisons at BASW England Conference News
‘Put the hammer down, Billy’ – Memoirs of a Social Worker In the latest in the series, Sam Waterhouse recalls a ‘tough on the causes of crime’ project working with young people as an alternative to custody In focus 11 Oct 2023
Follow your passion, says lifetime achievement in social work award winner Carole Goodman, honoured at England's Social Worker of the Year Awards, on what's kept her motivated for four decades News 4 Dec 2019
Getting COVID-19 hits you mentally as well as physically For Mental Health Awareness Week, social worker Sam Lally shares her experience of the emotional impact of contracting the coronavirus Viewpoint 21 May 2020
The changing perception of care in the wake of coronavirus Mental health social worker Daniel Wilding says the pandemic has seen a seismic shift in how social care is viewed Viewpoint 11 May 2020
Testinomy that survived the Warsaw ghetto Extracts from Scroll of Agony - The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A Kaplan, reproduced with kind permission from his granddaughter Rena Phillips, a social worker and BASW member In focus 24 Jan 2023