BASW and people affected by children’s social care services eagerly await the release of the UK Government’s implementation plan for transformational change in England, trailed as potentially a ‘long-term strategy to fix children’s social care’.
jane fae shares her knowledge and perspective of the ongoing issue of transphobic dog whistles in the UK as part of this educational blog series for social workers.
Practicing social worker Deb Solomon shares her experiences with dog whistles in the workplace. Deb is Chair of the BASW Neurodivergent Social Workers SIG and Co-Chair of the BASW Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group.
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place Friday 27 January to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. This year’s theme is ‘ordinary people.’
As part of BASW UK's campaign against poverty, each fortnight we will be focusing on a different part of social work practice and the impact of poverty.
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.’