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Social workers are seeing the most vulnerable in society going without the care and support they need.

The 80-20 campaign is all about getting back to our social work roots by creating more time for relationship-based practice.

Felicity Brown is the lucky 14,000 member and will be receiving a gift from SWU to celebrate such an incredible milestone.

From the outset, BASW has viewed the proposed role for care home managers as unworkable and is pleased to see the government’s recognition of sector opposition to the proposal.

There are calls from across Parliament to recognise that people living in care and health settings need to see their loved ones through family member and social worker visits.

BASW Cymru is working with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Health and Social Services Lead for Plaid Cymru, on changing the latest guidance around care home visits in Wales.

Safe access to care and health settings for social workers as professional visitors is essential

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

Central to the Shaping Social Workers’ Identity all-Ireland study is exploring whether the diversity of social work practice affects the professional identity of social work practitioners.

The ‘Social Worker Wellbeing and Working Conditions: Good Practice Toolkit’ is continued evidence of the commitment of BASW & SWU to create positive working conditions for Social Workers, but we need more than just a toolkit to thrive in social work.