News

Lindsey Young, Mental Health Officer and SASW Committee Member, reflects on her past social work practice and what she has learned when supporting people living in poverty. 

Mark Hardy, children and families social worker and PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, shares his views on how social workers can practice in a poverty aware way during the covid-19 pandemic.

Jude Currie, Chair of our Committee, shares her views on how social workers can best support those living in poverty.

Find out what the team in Scotland are doing as part of Challenge Poverty Week 2020.

BASW is asking for members to volunteer to be part of the team that oversees the analysis of the survey.

Read Orlaith McGibbon's letter to members outlining the work undertaken by BASW NI to represent their interests since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Communications & Policy Officer, Emily Galloway, writes about the importance of evidence informing planning post-Brexit - and how a Private Members Bill could help make that happen for health and social care.

BASW Cymru deeply is deeply concerned by and condemns the news of violence towards a social worker by a client in Bridgend. Social worker Gail Cotten was assaulted in the car park of the Bridgend council offices in June.

There have been a couple of events in recent weeks that have sharpened (my already sharp) focus on the identity of social workers in Wales and how the profession communicates this

Read the first blog post from our National Director, Alistair Brown, who updates members on our work over the last year.