SWU and 20 other unions have signed the Migrant Workers’ Pledge condemning the Government’s attempts to ‘pit’ workers against each other and calling for urgent action to advance the rights of migrant workers.
We are deeply concerned to read the reports of asylum-seeking children going missing from hotel accommodation run by the Home Office. We believe that this is a further worrying development in failures in Home Office practice to protect the most vulnerable children and young people.
Interview with Dr Paul Daniel Shuttleworth, author of the Editor’s Choice paper for the 53(1) Issue of the British Journal of Social Work, titled ‘Recognition of Family Life by Children living in kinship care arrangements in England.’
The UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee has launched an inquiry into assisted dying and MPs are looking to hear what members of the public think.
As part of BASW UK’s campaign against poverty, each fortnight we will shed light on a different aspect of social work practice and how poverty impacts on the lives of people who use social work services.
BASW welcomes the recognition of outstanding social care and social work in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list and congratulates all those who have represented social work, especially our members.
Student social workers in Scotland have been offered a meeting with the Minister for Higher Education as part of their campaign to secure bursaries for students on full-time placements.