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Social Workers Union discussions with social workers are worrying showing fewer referrals regarding concerns around child protection and domestic violence since the onset of lockdown.

BASW was one of many organisations objecting to this and welcomes change of plan

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

Once more SWU has attempted to work with UNISON, this time on a joint statement about the importance of sufficient social work funding post Covid-19

Part of Mental Health Awareness Week

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.

Blog by Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield) and Professor Anna Gupta (Royal Holloway University of London)