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BASW NI has briefed the Northern Ireland Assembly Education Committee calling for up-to-date guidance aimed at minimising the use of restraint and preventing the use of seclusion for children with additional needs in educational settings.

Boris Johnson is today heading over to Brussels for a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to see if a deal can be done as we head towards a no-deal Brexit.

An informal training event on employment skills for aspiring black, ethnic minority professionals (and students) in social work, social care and allied professions, in partnership with Perrett Laver

The major announcement from the conference was that all health and care workers in Scotland are to be given a £500 payment in reward for their work during the pandemic.

BASW has created a simple step-by-step guide for members who would like to support the campaign by contacting their local MP.

This survey is open to all social workers

Julie Morgan AS/MS, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, confirms social workers in Wales are integral to ensuring the wellbeing of residents in residential care and should be recognised as professional visitors

Social workers are seeing the most vulnerable in society going without the care and support they need.

The Wales’ Anti-Poverty Coalition, of which BASW Cymru is a member, has written to the Welsh First Minister

It was clear that BASW has built some very important relationships within Europe which I see as contributing positively to the developing future and ongoing progression of Social Work.