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SWU is establishing a ‘campaign’ fund for our members to call on to ensure campaigns throughout 2021/22 can be responsive to changing priorities, quick to deliver and high impact.

Adult social workers encouraged to take part in new research study on the use of digital technologies with Disabled service users.

Report adds further urgency to calls for reform of social care.

All UK social workers are invited to attend and talk directly to SWU about any workplace issues they are experiencing. This session is free to attend and the webinar is set up so that questions can be asked anonymously.

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has issued revised guidance to the Government that all people on the learning disability register should now be prioritised for a COVID vaccination. This will mean an extra 150,000 will be eligible to receive the vaccination immediately.

Deaf awareness training is not mandatory in social work practice - which begs the question, how can we inspire change if we are not listening?

This latest report shows ongoing evidence of excessive use of prolonged and long-term seclusion, segregation, restraint and human rights violations and abuse, alongside examples of undignified and inhumane care, in hospital and care settings.

Ruth Allen CEO BASW reflects on the urgent and painful failures which the report sets out.

At the 2019 BASW UK Conference and AGM a Motion was passed that BASW endorsed the association to focus on human rights practice, and to work with partners in this area.

The British Journal of Learning Disabilities is pleased to announce calls for papers for two related special issues to be published in 2021