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BASW update on our key priorities under the banner 'What We Stand For'.

SWU, the UK’s only specialist union for social workers, has now grown to over 15,000 members.

We maintain our position that the priority must be people’s wellbeing not making space in hospitals.

Together, BASW and SWU will continue to campaign for social worker safety in the workplace.

Designed by and for social workers, provides a trusted space to work through and think about positive solutions for professional and personal challenges with an experienced ‘coach’

Ahead of the BASW Annual General (members') Meeting and pre-event on 15 September, we are releasing weekly updates on our key priorities under the banner 'What We Stand For'.

The Austerity Action Group (AAG) has instigated a new Remuneration Campaign to change the arcane tax rules and complex benefits regulations that make it difficult for charities, local government, universities, and other providers to remunerate people who want to help shape and improve services.

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update

​​​​​​​Social workers must challenge the Government’s plan to cut Universal Credit, says BASW member Jon Dudley.