Professor Christine Cocker, Head of School of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, provides an update on developments in transitional safeguarding in this blog for BASW.
As part of the ‘Social Work Stands Against Poverty’ campaign, BASW UK held a parliamentary reception in the Houses of Parliament on 27th March which was formally hosted by Alex Cunningham MP.
BASW UK Chair, Julia Ross explains why campaigning to tackling poverty and inequality is a priority area for the association and provides an update on the work to date.
BASW England is deeply concerned about the Department for Education’s intention to develop what we perceive to be inadequate and unethical standards for children in care aged 16 and 17 living in unregulated accommodation.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP today (Wednesday) delivered the UK Government’s Spring Budget to the House of Commons, outlining his plans for spending and taxation.
Given the risk of political priorities intruding on professional objectivity, BASW is discouraging our members, as well as other social workers from applying for, or taking up, age assessment roles in the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).