As part of BASW UK's campaign against poverty, each fortnight we will be focusing on a different part of social work practice and the impact of poverty.
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.’
BASW England backs Adult Principal Social Worker Network's call for return of social work assessments on wards to support people to return home and improve quality of life
BASW England has responded to a consultation carried out by the Department for Education, which sought views on proposed quality standards for unregulated accommodation for children in care aged 16-17.