Maris Stratulis, National Director of BASW England, appeared before the Education Select Committee as part of its reopened inquiry into children’s social care.
In this blog, a member of our expert advisory group tells us about her positive and negative experiences of support and her worries for the future as she and her son transition from children to adult services.
BASW has set out 40 priorities for the next UK Government that will be highlighted to all political parties ahead of the General Election. Our blog series takes a deeper look at each of the policy asks in turn.
BASW has joined with leading paediatricians and dentists to press the Home Secretary to drop plans for scientific age assessments for children and young people seeking asylum in the UK.
This past week, The Herald featured a report by One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) which brings attention to how the social security system acts against family reunification.
While we entirely agree with many of the issues and recommendations highlighted in the report, we were dismayed by the framing in the Herald article which over-simplified the relationship between poverty and the difficult, yet vital, decisions about safety and risk that professionals must sometimes make with families.
BASW Chair and CEO write to the Times and the Guardian following the the horrific failings at the Countess of Chester Hospital and the vital role of local multiagency safeguarding.