The Social Workers Union (SWU) invites all of our members and social work colleagues to join us for a one-day conference at the Mechanics Institute in Manchester on September 6th. We welcome social works, NQSWs, social work students and apprentices to join us for this activism themed and solidarity building event.
This event is free to attend and includes lunch, networking opportunities, a CPD Certificate, and refreshments for all attendees.
Join students and social workers from across North Yorkshire for this online event designed to inform, educate and support your continuous learning and development.
This branch event is open to BASW members and non-members, students, social workers and retired social workers living, working or studying in the North Yorkshire area. Speaker: Jo Marriott
The idea for this group has organically grown from the BASW Independent Social Worker online FaceBook group, where people have been reaching out within the forum to share information, seek advice and guidance. Showing the need for a platform to discuss the positives and the issues impacting the fostering world. The responses have been very heartfelt and demonstrate the necessity of having a community support group, with a common theme of fostering assessments and the evolution of this work.
Generative AI is all around us and here to stay, so it is important for BASW members to engage in and lead conversations about when and how, as Social Workers, we should be using AI in our practice.
Building on both BASW’s AI guidance and BASW England’s 80:20 Campaign Top Tips resource, this practice forum will give you the opportunity to critically reflect on and join a discussion on the opportunities and risks of AI, with a particular focus on the role of AI in relationship based social work practice.
The BASW England adult thematic group is looking for examples of social work practice with working age adults in readiness to respond to the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care led by Baroness Louise Casey.
This session provides an opportunity to hear from members about the vital contribution and impact that social work with adults makes across health and social and to the lives of people, carers, families and communities.
This online forum is for NQSWs, social workers looking for their first employed role in England or a change in role and those looking to return to the profession after a career break.
This online forum is for social workers looking for their first employed social work role in England or for those who are looking to return to the profession after a career break. You may also find the session helpful if you have been in the same role for a long time and are now applying for alternative social work jobs.
The BASW England adult thematic group is looking for examples of social work practice with working age adults in readiness to respond to the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care led by Baroness Louise Casey.
This session provides an opportunity to hear from members about the vital contribution and impact that social work with adults makes across health and social and to the lives of people, carers, families and communities.
Student and newly qualified Social Workers face a deluge of challenges and pressures during a period of intense learning and challenge. On occasions they may feel isolated or not clear about who they can talk to or where they can seek support.
The purpose of the Forum is to have a safe, comfortable, positive and confidential space for student and newly qualified Social Workers to meet their peers, support each other and to share and explore ideas and experiences.
This online forum is aimed at new BASW members, who are either newly qualified or have qualified with in the last 5 years and want to make supervision work for them.
If you are not sure what supervision is for or if it simply feels like a chore that has to be done, in this session we will explore:
> What supervision is really for (linking it to the PCF and BASW’s Ethical Framework
Our aim is to challenge ageism and advocate for more effective social work practice in later life.
Our work includes: • Advocating for social work responses to improve wellbeing through allyship and empowerment • Promoting policy and holistic practice that recognises diversity and intersecting experiences within the ageing population • Promoting social work in later life in education and professional development • Developing and sharing evidence about how social work contributes to positive ageing.
The Welsh Government is consulting on the national strategy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse 2025 - 2035. The strategy sets out a vision for a Wales in which: • children and young people are safe from the harm of child sexual abuse • those affected by sexual abuse are supported across their lifespan
BASW England’s Criminal Justice group has expressed serious concerns at the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) decision, announced 24 April 2025, to introduce PAVA incapacitant spray across all youth custody settings in England. We believe this policy change will undermine safety, trust and the therapeutic environments essential to supporting children/young people in custody.
The mindfulness-based social work and self-care (MBSWSC) programme focusses on improving social work practice and self-care. It is a programme which has developed a strong evidence base for its effectiveness at reducing stress, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation of service users, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and improving well-being and a range of social work practice skills and competencies.