SWU and 20 other unions have signed the Migrant Workers’ Pledge condemning the Government’s attempts to ‘pit’ workers against each other and calling for urgent action to advance the rights of migrant workers.
We are deeply concerned to read the reports of asylum-seeking children going missing from hotel accommodation run by the Home Office. We believe that this is a further worrying development in failures in Home Office practice to protect the most vulnerable children and young people.
Interview with Dr Paul Daniel Shuttleworth, author of the Editor’s Choice paper for the 53(1) Issue of the British Journal of Social Work, titled ‘Recognition of Family Life by Children living in kinship care arrangements in England.’
Understanding how dog whistles work, how they affect vulnerable and marginalised communities, and how to diffuse them are important tools for social workers.
In this blog, BASW Project and Volunteer Engagement Co-Ordinator, Gabriella Zavoli, reflects on the poignant significance of Holocaust Memorial Day as a way of remembering and paying respects to the people who were lost during the Holocaust and serving an important lesson to the global community to ensure these atrocities never happen again.
Social worker, BASW England National Standing Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Adult Social Work Group, Jackie Mahoney reflects on her experiences of poverty throughout her 25 year social work career and what she believes the profession can do to challenge it.
Read the first blog in SASW's new "Points to Ponder" blog series, exploring what a future National Care Service could mean for Scotland - and for social work...
The UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee has launched an inquiry into assisted dying and MPs are looking to hear what members of the public think.
The SWU Campaign Fund has hit the ground running in 2023 and any SWU member who would like to run their own campaign is encouraged to submit their idea for funding.