This past week, The Herald featured a report by One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) which brings attention to how the social security system acts against family reunification.
While we entirely agree with many of the issues and recommendations highlighted in the report, we were dismayed by the framing in the Herald article which over-simplified the relationship between poverty and the difficult, yet vital, decisions about safety and risk that professionals must sometimes make with families.
Our latest points ponder looks at what the new Scottish National Social Work Agency needs to look like and how to achieve that in light of the Verity House Agreement.
This is an update on what BASW is doing to respond to this ongoing crisis in Europe. It includes an update on the response from the International Federation of Social Workers Europe and learning from IFSW’s European conference.
The latest contribution to our Points to Ponder series examines the accountability arrangements for the proposed National Care Service and considers what they mean for social work.
This year’s awards celebrate recipients who have made an exceptional contribution to their community and public life and undertaken voluntary services.
BASW’s Diaspora Social Work Special Interest Group (SIG) have developed and published new standards to support international social workers coming to the UK and their employers.
BASW has joined with Article 39 and other campaign groups ahead of a key debate on the Illegal Migration Bill to persuade parliamentarians to reject proposals that would radically reshape England’s child welfare system.