Ahead of this year's World Social Work Day, our Communications and Public Affairs Officer, considers the impact of humanity's biggest democratic year ever and the link between collective wellbeing and democracy for society.
Social worker, Food is Care campaign founder and Food Foundation Ambassador, Dominic Watters talks to BASW about the devastating impact of fuel poverty across the UK and what more can be done to tackle it.
Understanding how dog whistles work, how they affect vulnerable and marginalised communities, and how to diffuse them are important tools for social workers.
Social worker, BASW England National Standing Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Adult Social Work Group, Jackie Mahoney reflects on her experiences of poverty throughout her 25 year social work career and what she believes the profession can do to challenge it.
“Each and every member continues to be at the forefront of our union. I hear constantly from members why they have joined a specialist union rather than one of the large generic unions – so thank you.”
Now, we all know that everyone in the health and care public sector work their socks off. We take that for granted and that’s why we clapped during covid. But nothing has changed since that clapping, so what’s the problem?