BASW Chief Executive, Dr Ruth Allen and BASW member, Omar Mohamed recently attended a ceremony at the Council of Europe’s Conference of International NGOs to mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. They share their thoughts and reflections in this blog.
SASW are calling on the Scottish Government to offer social workers and social care workers a fair mileage rate, on a par with NHS colleagues, for travel while working.
BASW members are invited to apply for membership of the Policy, Ethics & Human Rights (PEHR) Committee and the International Committee. More information on both committees is available below.
The British Association of Social Workers strongly condemns the comments made by Home Secretary, Suella Braverman MP on 26 September 2023 which were that anti-gay discrimination is not a qualification for asylum.
BASW England and SASW recently wrote to the UK Chancellor urging him to deliver a ‘fair and reasonable’ increase in the non-taxable mileage allowance rate for social workers and social care staff.