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Our Professional Officer, Karin Heber, shares what its like working as a child and family social worker over the festive period.

I think, in the years following the pandemic, there will be an increase in mental health problems and an increase in PTSD given the experiences and heartbreak so many people have faced and are facing

As a community-based Social Worker for Adult Social Care, I normally visit residential care homes on a regular basis. That changed in February this year when the fears around COVID-19 grew and the care homes voluntarily began to close their doors to “non-essential visitors”.

Find all of the links and resources mentioned during the BASW England Relationship-based Practice Week Events

The 80-20 campaign is all about getting back to our social work roots by creating more time for relationship-based practice.

It was clear that BASW has built some very important relationships within Europe which I see as contributing positively to the developing future and ongoing progression of Social Work.

Last week I gave a talk to the Academy of Social Justice about Living Our Values: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in BASW - the sad fact is we are still a fair way from fully embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in social work systems

Our profession remains strong and sustained by the ethics and purpose that we share with our sister organisations across the globe.

Read Meryl Williams' blog on how the pilot is developing

As social workers we will often see, first-hand, what poverty can do to children and their families.