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The new Scottish Act removes any doubt that physical discipline is not acceptable and can only assist social workers when doing multifaceted assessments of families.

Safe access to care and health settings for social workers as professional visitors is essential

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update from Westminster.

Today, BASW England and BASW Cymru have jointly launched a new campaign to change national guidelines for social workers to get regular, safe access to health and care settings, so they can carry out their statutory duties and protect the human rights of citizens in care.

BASW continues to stand against antisemitism and all forms of ethnic and religious discrimination, both direct and indirect.

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides an update from Westminster.

The government needs to work more collaboratively, compassionately and transparently with Black and Ethnic Minority communities in order to recognise broken trust and structural inequalities

Maris Stratulis has written to the Children’s Minister to urge the government to change its position on free school meals during the school holidays.

Coronavirus: During lockdown, there has been a worrying rise in the number of referrals to child protection unit

This latest report shows ongoing evidence of excessive use of prolonged and long-term seclusion, segregation, restraint and human rights violations and abuse, alongside examples of undignified and inhumane care, in hospital and care settings.