In 2012, Jo Finch had her first article accepted for publication (Finch and Taylor, 2013). From her experience the process of submitting the article and receiving the reviewers’ comments was very painful indeed. It took some no-nonsense words from her former supervisor, being open to what were, generous and helpful advice from the reviewers, umpteen rewrites, and resubmissions, to finally get the “accepted for publication” email.
This online lunch time session will provide an opportunity for members to learn more about BASW UK activities, your membership benefits, advice and representation and how you can access CPD, be involved in our campaigns, consultations, networks and special interest groups.
Your Professional Association connects you with other social workers working in diverse settings across different nations at different stages of career pathways.
Human rights and social justice are core social work values and together we can promote the voice of social work and the BASW Code of Ethics.
This session will cover how to recognise and respond to domestic abuse in the perinatal period (pregnancy through to a baby turning one). We will explore the deep impact on maternal mental health and mental health diagnosis in this period. The session also will consider the risks and red flags in the perinatal period, and look at how we can support mothers who are facing domestic abuse alongside mental health challenges.
Are you a social work professional interested in coaching?
With more understanding of the value of coaching for social workers and various research projects currently looking at the impact of coaching for social workers, this is a hot topic.
We want to develop an international platform for those interested in coaching and social work to come together, share knowledge, and support a movement to demonstrate the effectiveness and need of coaching within social work.
The ReThink team and CoramBAAF are delighted to present this free webinar.
ReThink is one of the largest UK studies focused on understanding drivers of mental health and wellbeing in care-experienced young people over critical transitions, including the move from primary to secondary school. This large-scale project has worked with local authorities and adoption agencies across England and Wales and involved hundreds of care-experienced young people, caregivers, and professionals.
The Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) is being rolled out across England, with many elements mandated under the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. If you’re a Children and Families Social Worker in Greater Manchester and want to learn how the Pathfinder authorities have implemented this model—and what it could mean for your practice—this event is for you.
This event carries on a Worcestershire BASW Branch tradition of bringing the power of song and poetry into social work.
It is an in-person evening with a difference, featuring social workers and people with lived experience sharing their own and others’ work, with material that resonates with social work and it wider policy concerns.
The university of Worcester has a large number of Nigerian MA students, some of whom will bring songs and poems from their own cultures to share.
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.
This event is hosted by the BASW Norfolk Branch in partnership with the BASW Children and Families group. Find out about our branches and thematic groups: https://basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks
The latest report from the National Child Safeguarding Review Panel was published on 11 March 2025. “It’s Silent”: Race, racism and safeguarding children. This report was undertaken on behalf of the Panel by Jahnine Davis and the VKPP Data Insights Team with support from the Panel member subgroup.
!NEW! CPD Programme. Join us to hear about social work in practice. Thinking about working in child protection? Mental Health? With adults? In probation? Criminal justice? In Health services; the Non Governmental Sector or as an Independent Social Worker. Just starting out as a Newly Qualified Social Worker? Or thinking about a career change but want to hear more about what it’s like on the ‘other side’.
Join us for these bite-sized interactive sessions to hear from experienced practitioners in different areas of social work.
A safe community space for neurodivergent (ND) student social workers, ASYE and newly qualified social workers (NQSW) in the UK.
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 6.30pm till 8pm – all students, NQSWs and ASYE social workers who are neurodivergent (no formal diagnosis necessary) are most welcome to come along.
The Big Conversation will conclude with a member-wide event to mark World Social Work Day 2026.
Featuring a panel debate, Q&A and opportunities for group discussion with fellow BASW members, this event will explore emerging themes from the Big Conversation so far, offer you a final chance to contribute, and hear what the next steps will be.