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BASW Chair Gerry Nosowska joins BASW CEO Ruth Allen for Ruth's latest vlog update

Pete Feldon, Chair of the BASW England Adults social work group provides an update and sets out the importance of your feedback.

BASW joins 30 organisations to write to the Government to tell them to limit the long-term impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health

BASW responds as the Government re-introduces the new Immigration Bill to Parliament

Official figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics showed the deaths of ten social workers, and an additional two social services managers, involved Covid-19 between 9 March and 20 April.

BASW Cymru has been in conversation with the Older People’s Commissioner for last couple of weeks about the appalling number of deaths in care settings. We have also shared our concerns about the essential role of social workers in upholding the human rights of older people and ensuring the voices of older people in care settings are heard.

BASW commits £30,000 to support international social work partners in the fight against Covid 19

The Department of Education is seeking views on proposed new measures to ensure that the use of independent and semi-independent provision (commonly known as unregulated provision) provides the right level of support and does not place children in care and care leavers at risk

New Scotland Committee Chair, Jude Currie, shares what social work means to her and what she wants to achieve in her new role.

We have now received responses to letters sent to both Clara Swinson (Director General for Public and Global Health and DHSC) and Yvonne Doyle (Medical Director for Public Health England).