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“I’m not leaving till I’ve joined” – some of the feedback I experienced at Community Care Live shows why BASW is so relevant

BASW supports today’s report, Safeguarding Pressures, from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ACDS) that highlights the serious challenges facing children’s services and increasing demand on social workers.

BASW Cymru are asking social workers across Wales to support the BASW/SWU campaign for improved working conditions for social workers

BASW sees the Budget as another missed opportunity for the Chancellor to fully realise and address the unrelenting demand and chronic challenges facing a social care system close to breaking point.

The 2018 edition of the UK Social Workers: Working Conditions and Wellbeing survey by Dr. Jermaine Ravalier from Bath Spa University – co-commissioned by Social Workers Union (SWU) and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) – was launched today at a conference in Birmingham.

BASW, RiPfA and DHSC announce further investment in two CPD projects for social work with older people and adults with learning disabilities.

New group, Action for Care-Workers Wellbeing, will raise awareness of mental distress among health and social care professionals

It is important to celebrate the fantastic contribution that social workers make every day to people’s lives across the UK at the Social Worker Awards

A letter to Lord O’Shaughnessy

I am delighted to introduce this latest Chair’s Blog post, which is a collaboration between myself and BASW Cymru Professional Officer and fellow Boot Out Austerity walker, Allison Hulmes.