An investigation from The Observer has uncovered worrying high numbers of children are being are being moved to care homes more than 300 miles away from the communities they grew up in.
Student social workers in England and Scotland are lobbying politicians for more availability and accessibility of funding support to widen opportunities into the profession.
BASW England responds to a report published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission showing adults receiving social care in England and Wales are being failed if they try to challenge decisions made by local authorities.
BASW England welcomes the launch of a ‘rapid review’ into mental health inpatient care in England and urge that this does not become a missed opportunity to champion the provision of adequately funded, good quality, timely community care provision and to champion the rights of people in all care settings.