BASW has joined with over 40 civil society groups to call on parliamentarians to oppose moves by the UK Government to undermine human rights protections.
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is launching an award scheme to recognise high quality journalism featuring social work in the mainstream media.
BASW and people affected by children’s social care services eagerly await the release of the UK Government’s implementation plan for transformational change in England, trailed as potentially a ‘long-term strategy to fix children’s social care’.
The Prime Minister has been challenged by social workers on recent unfounded remarks he made about the profession during an interview with The London Economic.
BASW's initial response to the report from the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983. We will issue a full response once we have consulted with our members.
BASW Cymru has congratulated Vaughan Gething MS on becoming the new First Minister of Wales and have called on him to make firm commitments around his manifesto pledges.
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, we are certainly in need of all the essential services and the hard work that each and every key worker is doing, with the importance of human relationships vital to this