Setting up the main conference speaker table...
Setting up with a bit of merch on our BASW Cymru exhibition stand...
Setting up our stand for the day...
Setting up a bit of BASW Cymru cake for later...
Setting up our conference celebration cake...
Setting up our national flower of Wales...
Setting up delegate welcome goodie bags (great conveyor belt effort by Team BASW Cymru in pulling these together...
BASW Cymru Chair, Andrew Pennington, welcoming delegates to the conference
BASW CEO, Ruth Allen, making her welcome speech
BASW Cymru Director, Prof Sam Baron, also welcoming delegates to the Conference in Cardiff
Welsh Government Minister for Children & Social Care, Dawn Bowden MS, making her keynote welcome speech to conference (picture courtesy from @dawnbowden.bsky.social)
Welsh Government Minister for Children & Social Care, Dawn Bowden MSMany thanks to BASW Cymru for inviting me to speak at their Annual Conference in Cardiff. It gave me the opportunity to thank staff for their hard work and to set out Welsh Government plans for the future of social work in Wales."
Professor Fiona Verity (Brunel University) keynote: Beating hearts: progressing community social work and prevention
Ian Rees, Consultant Social Worker (Neath Port Talbot Local Authority) keynote: To look to the future, we sometime need to look to our past
Conference delegates
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BASW's CEO Ruth Allen and Rosanne Palmer enjoying the conference in Cardiff
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
Interactive Dynamic Discussions, Professor Samantha Baron, BASW Cymru and Rosanne Palmer, BASW
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Kathryn Lawrence (BASW Cymru National Standing Committee member) addressing conference to introduce a powerful film with Leah (Expert by Experience)
Thought-provoking film featuring Leah (Expert by Experience)
Dr Caroline Hickman (Bath University) keynote: Climate Change and Young people
Breakout session: Artificial Intelligence and Social Work – Friend or foe? Verity Bennett (Researcher, Cardiff University)
Breakout session: Developing the workforce for the future: Insights from Swansea Council's Child and Family Services Academy and ADSS Cymru
Breakout session: Tomorrow’s World, Todays Strengths: Dyslexia in Social Work Practice – Fiona McDonald, Independent Social Worker and Deb Barnett
BASW Cymru Director, Prof Sam Baron, closing the conference
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (CASCADE Research / Cardiff University)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (Huntington's Disease Association Cymru)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (The Open University)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (CUBAS - dynamic and adaptable parenting assessment model)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (Social Care Wales)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (BASW Cymru)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (BASW Cymru)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (Social Care Wales)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (Huntington's Disease Association Cymru)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (CASCADE Research / Cardiff University)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (ADSS Cymru)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (Social Care Wales)
Exhibition area of the BASW Cymru annual conference (ADSS Cymru)