News

An exciting opportunity has arisen for four BASW NI member positions on the Northern Ireland National Standing Committee (NSC), including the role of Chair.

Our Communications & Policy Officer, Emily Galloway, writes about the importance of evidence informing planning post-Brexit - and how a Private Members Bill could help make that happen for health and social care.

During Challenge Poverty Week, SASW are raising awareness of the impact of poverty on families - and the BASW Anti-Poverty Practice Guide.

The Scottish Government has announced that the Named Person and Child's Plan Proposals will no longer go ahead as planned.

SASW supports the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, which MSPs are due to vote on on Thursday 3rd October.

We are offering free two-hour workshops, across Northern Ireland, to share the ground-breaking BASW commissioned research into the experiences of social workers who practiced during the four decades of armed conflict in Northern Ireland

Read the first blog post from our National Director, Alistair Brown, who updates members on our work over the last year.

Find out more about our three focus areas within the Programme for Government.