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On Monday, the Housing, communities and local government committee held a meeting in Westminster met to discuss the pressures on local authorities’ children’s services.

BASW calls for relationship based, co-production at ministerial meeting discussing recent reforms to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

A year since it launched, The role of the social worker in adoption – ethics and human rights: An Enquiry, a podcast to discuss its impact and ongoing relevance was held this week by BASW.

SASW has written to Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay MSP, urging the Scottish Government to exempt social workers from the parking tax.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee have launched an inquiry into local authority children's services and want to hear from professionals within the sector.

As the final stage of its roll-out for the new business product Streetwise365, the Social Workers Union (SWU) will be running a limited number of free half personal safety training days at various venues around the country.

BASW welcomes the news that John Brennan has been elected the new European Vice President of the International Federation of Social Workers.

Read the first blog from our new Ambassador, Jo McFarlane. Jo is a poet and author who writes openly and passionately about her experiences of mental illness, trauma and social work intervention.

BASW England and ADASS have co-produced a report outlining – and recommendations to unify – the role social workers play in disaster recovery