News

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.

SCIE has been commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care to develop ‘training resources to improve Care Act compliance’.

BASW Chair Julia Ross writes to The Times to raise concerns.

Hundreds of social work students and recent graduates have joined a call to reform bursaries across England.

Read BASW UK's statement in response to the recently passed Illegal Migration Act.

SASW has reached out to senior Scottish Labour MSPs urging them to support our calls for the two-child cap to be scrapped.

SASW writes to Scottish Labour to voice concerns on Two Child Cap Policy.

This is an update on what BASW is doing to respond to this ongoing crisis in Europe. It includes an update on the response from the International Federation of Social Workers Europe and learning from IFSW’s European conference.

BASW's Public & Political Affairs Lead, Kerri Prince rounds-up the year at Westminster and looks ahead to the final parliamentary session before the General Election.

The latest contribution to our Points to Ponder series examines the accountability arrangements for the proposed National Care Service and considers what they mean for social work.