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BASW England have refreshed the 2018 survey which resulted in campaigning to reverse the trend which saw children and families social workers spending just 20% of their time in direct contact with families. The 2021 survey will now also look at social workers working with adults and inform future activity in the campaign to uphold relationship-based social work.

Last month BASW England surveyed its members on the key questions taken from the government’s public survey, with a focus on those that were of most relevance to social workers

BASW England encourages members to share their views and feedback via our online survey, to help shape our formal response.

BASW England is calling for reform to social care that goes beyond addressing the injustices of social care funding.

BASW England is concerned about reports of some service users who have decided not to use local services because they cannot afford to pay

The BASW England Mental Health Group has discussed deep concerns about the High Intensity Network and SIM raised by practitioners and particularly by people with lived experience of using mental health services.

As part of BASW England's commitment to engage with politicians around social work, we created a manifesto with the six issues that we would be campaigning on over the coming year.

BASW England has made it a priority to engage with politicians across the country

BASW has approached candidates across some of the Mayoral elections in England, to seek their views and vision for social work in their respective regions.

The guide was developed in collaboration with valued stakeholders including Women’s Aid, Galop, Southall Black Sisters, Sign Health, Karma Nirvana, Respect, AVA, Ann Craft Trust, Dr Michaela Rogers at the University of Sheffield, as well as people with lived experience and BASW members.