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BASW Cymru are asking social workers across Wales to support the BASW/SWU campaign for improved working conditions for social workers

BASW sees the Budget as another missed opportunity for the Chancellor to fully realise and address the unrelenting demand and chronic challenges facing a social care system close to breaking point.

The 2018 edition of the UK Social Workers: Working Conditions and Wellbeing survey by Dr. Jermaine Ravalier from Bath Spa University – co-commissioned by Social Workers Union (SWU) and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) – was launched today at a conference in Birmingham.

BASW, RiPfA and DHSC announce further investment in two CPD projects for social work with older people and adults with learning disabilities.

BASW recently held a webinar on the final HCPC renewals before Social Work England takes over as regulatory body for all social workers.

New group, Action for Care-Workers Wellbeing, will raise awareness of mental distress among health and social care professionals

It is important to celebrate the fantastic contribution that social workers make every day to people’s lives across the UK at the Social Worker Awards

BASW England supports the call from the Education Policy Institute for a concerted child poverty reduction strategy and to invest in high quality early intervention services in all areas.

After a well-received talk last year on youth violence, the Birmingham & Solihull branch is focussing this year’s event on social media and county lines

A letter to Lord O’Shaughnessy