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Increased referrals will put services under pressure

We will continue to press this loudly and urgently, and to build alliances in doing this, so that the dignity and human rights of all adults in our society is upheld.

Pete Feldon, Chair of the BASW England Adults social work group provides an update and sets out the importance of your feedback.

BASW joins 30 organisations to write to the Government to tell them to limit the long-term impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health

Blog by Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield) and Professor Anna Gupta (Royal Holloway University of London)

The Department of Education is seeking views on proposed new measures to ensure that the use of independent and semi-independent provision (commonly known as unregulated provision) provides the right level of support and does not place children in care and care leavers at risk

New Scotland Committee Chair, Jude Currie, shares what social work means to her and what she wants to achieve in her new role.

Lock-down and social distancing have shown to have the potential to exacerbate domestic abuse and situations which were already high risk.